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Get a fresh start this Spring with the City of Navasota's Spring Clean March 11-12.
You can get rid of those unwanted items taking up space. A drop-off center will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at 520 Malcolm Street. Proof of residency is required.
Items accepted include mattresses/box springs, toilets, sinks, carpet/carpet pads, furniture, lumber, cast iron, scrap metal, used motor oil (up to 5 gallons), stoves, refrigerators, water heaters, washers, dryer etc.
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Valentine’s Day is a day set aside to show love, but often times the elderly are overlooked.
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Navasota Junior High students, Jael Balderas and Dalton Viereck won art awards at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Balderas earned Best in Show and Viereck earned a Gold Medal.
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New business owners Kemar and Tanya Emmanuel celebrate their Ribbon Cutting with the Navasota Grimes County Chamber of Commerce Friday, Feb. 3. The Emmanuel’s offer auto repair, diagnostic services as well as a free community program called “Mommy’s Helper.” The repair shop is located at 8667 CR 424 in Navasota.
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Grimes County Commissioners unanimously approved a motion to deny the petition for the creation of Grimes County Emergency Services District (ESD) No. 2 as it is not feasible and will not promote public safety, welfare, health and convenience of the persons residing in the district, and the findings are the same if the municipalities of Anderson, Bedias, Plantersville and Todd Mission, and Navasota’s ETJ, were included. The vote was held during the Feb. 1 Regular Meeting of the Commissioners Court.
The ESD No. 2 petition was presented to commissioners Nov. 2, 2022, by Richards resident Michelle Gremillion on behalf of her co-petitioners Terry Lowrey and Richard Gremillion.
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Anderson-Shiro Elementary students had a fun-filled day in the snow Feb. 3. Snow was brought in to create slopes in Owl country.
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ANDERSON – Randy Dwane Tomczak, 50, pled guilty Feb. 6, to Indecency with a Child by Contact and was sentenced to eight years in prison per a plea agreement.
The family of the victims chose not to go to a jury trial to prevent further traumatizing of their children.
Grimes County Sheriff’s Office took a report Nov. 10, 2019 of two teenage girls making an outcry against Tomczak. Both girls new Tomczak, having previously worked with him at the Texas Renaissance Festival. Over time, he built a friendship with the girls.
The initial report stated on a weekend in the fall of 2019, the victims were staying at a residence caring for animals for a friend while the friend was out of town. Tomczak was also at the residence.
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*Editor’s note – Article contains sensitive content that may not be suitable for all readers.
ANDERSON – A convicted child predator was sentenced to life in prison by a Grimes County Jury Feb. 2, for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.
After hearing evidence for three days, the jury convicted Marcus Leshun Sargent, 40, of Navasota, for the sexual assault of a 2-year-old girl.
The sexual assault was reported to Child Protective Services (CPS) July 21, 2020. Navasota Police Investigator Jacob Tielke, along with CPS looked into the allegations.
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