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Grimes County Commissioners Court took steps to prepare the next generation of election workers at its Sept. 21 Regular Meeting. Commissioners approved the request of Election Administrator Lucy Ybarra to employ young adult workers within the Grimes County Elections and Voter Registration departments through school-approved programs. The participants ages 16-18 would be solicited from all four Grimes County school districts - Anderson-Shiro, Iola, Navasota and Richards.
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GRIMES COUNTY – Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT’s) contractor will begin a traffic switch for the next phase of the Texas State Highway 6/ Farm-to-Market 2 overpass project. This switch will close the crossover in the intersection and only right turns to or from FM 2 will be possible. A detour route will be signed for diverted FM 2 traffic (attached) to use SH 6 crossovers north and south of FM 2. This traffic switch will also reduce SH 6 through the project to one lane in each direction, separated by concrete barrier. This phase of work is to replace the southbound SH 6 Beason Creek bridge and is expected to last approximately 8 months.
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Three suspects in an armed robbery in Prairie View were arrested in Grimes County following a pursuit Friday afternoon, Sept. 23.
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A SPOOKTACULAR GOOD TIME
Built to serve as the Navasota City Morgue, the place of death is coming back to life this Halloween. The Navasota City Morgue Haunted House, 101 East Washington Avenue, is sure to be a spine-chilling good time for a great cause. Every Thursday, in October from 6-10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 6 p.m. until midnight, there will be additional frightening events.
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Finalists for the 2022 President’s Awards Program were recently announced in Austin. For over 30 years, the awards program sponsored by Texas Downtown, has recognized outstanding projects, places, and people of downtowns across the state. The City of Navasota has been selected as a finalist twice for an award within the Best Commercial Interior Category which falls within the Design Category. The City of Navasota’s commitment to economic development and revitalization has been incrementally realized through downtown beautification and streetscape projects that anchor development for Navasota’s dynamic downtown vision.
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Examiner photo by Matthew Ybarra
Trent Sorsby was sworn in as a Navasota Police Officer Thursday, Sept. 22, by Judge Patricia Gruner. Sorsby is a 2018 graduate of Anderson-Shiro High School and a June 2022 graduate of TEEX Central Texas Police Academy. He will dawn badge number 9318.
Read moreThe Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), a recipient of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Conversations Health Grant, has partnered with the Family and Community Health branch of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to collect data to help reduce ‘health disparities.’ Meetings were held in Plantersville Sept. 20 and in Anderson Sept. 22 in an attempt to connect with faith-based organizations to assist with data collection. Sherrill Rawlinson, a Regional Evaluation and Performance Specialist in Public Health Region 7 explained the meetings saying, “We’re trying to figure out what it is that’s needed but we can’t do it without having the data and we’re trying to maximize that effort without going door-todoor.”
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Golfers teed-off at Pecan Lakes Golf Course in Navasota Saturday, Sept. 24, for the annual Navasota High School Diamonettes Golf Tournament.
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