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PLANTERSVILLE – A 21-year-old Houston man was arrested in connection to a shooting at a birthday party on Clark Road that left one dead, and another injured, just after midnight Aug. 27. Grimes County Sheriff’s Office, the Grimes County District Attorney’s Office and the Texas Rangers are investigating the fatal shooting at 6801 Clark Road.
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A Navasota auto shop owner who was linked to the cartel and the MS-13 gang was sentenced to 50 years in prison by a Grimes County Grand Jury Aug. 24, for various drug charges. Navasota Police responded to the 500 block of Frazier Street June 21, 2022 for a report of a stolen vehicle. Officers tracked the stolen vehicle using a GPS tracking device.
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At the Aug. 28 Navasota City Council Regular Session budget workshop, the FY 2023-24 budget received a degree of scrutiny not seen in recent years. Pointed questions were posed by two members of the public but among the council, newest member James Harris voiced the most concern about wants versus needs, new positions, a top heavy management staff and employee burnout from work overload. Pattie Pederson gave a two minute declaration in support of City Manager Jason Weeks, Josh Fultz opposed constructing new restrooms at city parks and Bernie Gessner and Mayor Bert Miller had little comment.
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In a Special Meeting workshop of the Navasota City Council, Monday, Aug. 28, City Manager Jason Weeks presented four proposed new employee benefit policies designed to recruit and retain staff – Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Parental Leave, Certification Pay and the creation of a Catastrophic Leave Pool. Weeks advised all policies will be placed on a future agenda for a vote by council.
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The Aug. 9 announcement that Amtrak and Texas Central Partners (TCP) have partnered to “potentially advance” TCP’s Dallas to Houston high speed rail project came as no surprise to Texans Against High Speed Rail (TAHSR). In her Aug. 16 communication to embattled landowners and rail opponents, Executive Director Desi Burns Porter said, “We have recently gained access to public records that indicated this was in the works … It has been a concerted effort to distract and deceive us.”
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City of Navasota Voluntary Water Conservation
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A local veteran found himself in a dark tunnel, struggling to make it through on his own. He saw a shimmer of light that helped guide him through and granted him the courage to face another day. “I stay in a constant type of depression,” said Chad Perry, a US Army veteran from Navasota. He said people who know him wouldn’t suspect depression because he is a very outgoing person. “I can win an Oscar. I can make you think I’m happy as Hell. Then one day it all came collapsing down at once and I was kind of like, forget this.”
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Facebook helped identify a Brazos County Crime Stoppers theft suspect while in Navasota Police custody Aug. 17.
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