A record crowd of over 4,000 children attended Navasota Police Department’s annual Treats on the Streets, Oct. 31. The event is a favorite among the community offering a fun and safe trick or treating experience. See more photos on page 2.
A record crowd of over 4,000 children attended Navasota Police Department’s annual Treats on the Streets, Oct. 31. The event is a favorite among the community offering a fun and safe trick or treating experience. See more photos on page 2.
Line up begins at 9 a.m. at Brosig Avenue
PLANTERSVILLE — A 34–year–old Plantersville man who led deputies on a dangerous multi–county pursuit Tuesday afternoon is being held in the Grimes County Jail.
Iola Independent School District implemented a SMART tag system Nov. 4, to increase safety and security for students riding buses. A parent app will also be released later.
The Navasota Examiner Newspaper team spent Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the historic Grimes County Courthouse covering the election. Results from the election are available online, www.navasotaexaminer.com, free to subscribers and non–subscribers. An election recap will be posted in the Nov. 13 edition of The Examiner.
Iola Homecoming Queen, Cotulla Shive, and Homecoming King, Landon Betancourt, were crowned Oct. 25, during halftime of the Iola Bulldogs, 60–20 Homecoming win over Snook.
IOLA — The Iola Lady Bulldog volleyball team hosted their annual Bulldog Dash 5K run Oct. 26, during the Iola Hay Day celebration.
Panther signs with NCTC Lions
A stolen motorcycle suspect from College Station led Grimes County Sheriff’s Deputies on a high–speed Friday night, Nov. 1.
A record crowd of over 4,000 children attended Navasota Police Department’s annual Treats on the Streets, Oct. 31. The event is a favorite among the community offering a fun and safe trick or treating experience. See more photos on page 2.
TRINITY — TheAnderson– Shiro Fighting Owls are playoff bound for the third year in a row after a convincing win over the Trinity Tigers, 55–13, Nov. 1.
Panthers sink the Pirates
Eighth Grade A Team
Owls fly past Cougars
By the time you read this, the November General Election will be over and people will have had enough of political commentary but please bear with me because I want to weigh in on the hoopla surrounding now 82-year old Betty Cartledge, the Georgia woman who voted for the first time ever Oct. 16. She isn’t the only person who hasn’t been motivated to vote. I encountered quite a few while working the election – Boomers and Gen Xers who haven’t voted in 20 years or never voted at all! Identifying a male ‘villain’ is what made this national news.
Friends, this is the latest installment in a series of writings about the strong women who have made a major impact on my life. These are my Steel Magnolias. They are tough, but fair – strong and beautiful – inspirational, and humble. These amazing women have forever changed my life.
I love attending city functions, but I particularly like the chamber mixers where businesses and community members get together to meet, mingle and learn from one another. A few weeks ago, there was one at city hall hosted by the Navasota Examiner and the City of Navasota. At the end of the event there was a door prize drawing where a young man won a cool prize.
The federal judge who has repeatedly found Texas in contempt for not fixing its foster-care system has been removed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel faulted U.S. District Judge Janis Jack’s “highly antagonistic demeanor,” The Texas Tribune reported.
Surrounded by the family he loved so deeply, Thomas Brooks Moore passed from this life into the arms of his Savior on November 1, 2024, at 4:55 p.m. A man who loved and lived according to Scripture now lives in the truth of II Corinthians 5:18, “Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.”
Kay McKinney, 89, of Plantersville, passed away Monday, October 28, 2024, at her residence. Visitation with family and friends was held Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Nobles Funeral Chapel. Funeral services were 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 1, 2024, at Nobles Funeral Chapel with John Botkin officiating. Interment immediately followed in Plantersville Cemetery in Plantersville, Texas. Arrangements were under the direction of Nobles Funeral Chapel.
Morgan Greenwood Price of Tomball, TX passed away October 8, 2024 at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Navasota, TX to Morgan L. (Bob) Price and Anna Greenwood Price on October 31, 1952. Morgan married Brenda Fallin on December 9, 1978 in Houston, TX.
Larry was born on the 18th of August 1959 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Wanda Maxine (Morris) Stewart and Ronald Lee Stewart.
