September 29, 2016 (Updated) - The 40th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival Queen’s Scholarship Pageant, platinum sponsor Shelby Savings Bank, will be held Saturday, October 1, 2016 and last year's Queen Kamaryn Smith will crown the Miss East Texas Poultry Festival Queen 2016 in the Center High School Cafetorium.

September 16, 2016 - The Poultry Festival Open Photography Show, sponsored by Vieux Carre' Photography, in conjunction with the 40th East Texas Poultry Festival, presented by Farmers State Bank, will be held at the office of Dr. Charles R. Collard, O.D. located next to the RIO Theatre on the downtown Center Square, October 6, 7 and 8, from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

September 16, 2016 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce has distributed the 40th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival t-shirts to area businesses.

September 2, 2016 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors along with Betsy Swanzy, owner of East Texas Awards & Engraving, will welcome Chamber members to a Business After Hours event on Monday, September 12 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 118 Nacogdoches Street on the downtown Center square.

East Texas Awards & Engraving provides a variety of awards, trophies, plaques, certificates, medals and ribbons for individual design. They also have a wide selection of gifts available for personalized engraving.

September 1, 2016 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce seeks recipes for the Chicken Cooking Contest, sponsored by Tyson Foods, that will be held on super Wednesday, September 28, 2016 immediately following the 40th East Texas Poultry Festival Doo Dah parade sponsored by Center Tire. The event will be held on the east side of the historic downtown Center square and is open to all county residents.  In the event of inclement weather, the event will move to the active Shelby County Courthouse community room.