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The community gathered at stadiums across Grimes County to meet 2022-2023 athletes, clubs, performing arts, administration and faculty.
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The ghost town of Prairie Plains and the Abraham Zuber survey have a lot in common, located about two or three miles east of what would become the town of Shiro. Zuber was granted a league of land March 4, 1833. Today the Zuber league is located just inside the eastern Grimes County line. Zuber along with William McGuffin, who was granted his league a few months earlier on November 1, 1832 were among Austin’s original 300 Texas settlers. Today’s survey map shows the Zuber league jutting into the southeastern corner of the McGuffin survey. A Grimes County Historical Commission newsletter dated May 2016, states that the village of Prairie Plains developed over those early years with the families and descendants of the Zubers, McGuffins, Edwards, Mayfi elds, Harmons, Neasons, Franklows, Thomas, Davis and Oliphants. These families were mostly cotton farmers. Prairie Plains, also occasionally known as Red Top, by 1898 had three cotton gins: The Bookman Gin and Store, the Keisler Brothers Gin and Store, and the John Thomas Gin and Sawmill. There was the A.F. Rea General Store, Bederson Jewelry, and Mrs. Stewart grocery store.
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James was born in Navasota, Texas on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1949, to George Herman and Emma Louise (Becker) Schroeder. He was confirmed in the Christian faith at Zion Lutheran Church of Anderson and was baptized as an adult at University Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville, Texas. James graduated from Anderson High School in 1968. He attended Blinn College and then Sam Houston State University where he graduated in December 1973 with a teaching degree. James then went on to get a master’s degree in education from Prairie View A&M University. He had a great impact on many throughout his teaching and coaching career, also while serving as a principal and assistant principal within the
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During a Budget Workshop Monday, Aug. 15, Grimes County Commissioners agreed 3-1 in favor of the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for county employees proposed by County Judge Joe Fauth. Fauth’s original proposal of 5% was revised to $1.75 per hour with five lieutenant and sergeant positions in the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office (GSCO) slated for an additional $2.25 per hour.
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Over 700 backpacks full of school supplies were distributed Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Grimes County Back to School Health Fair & Supply Drive. The annual event is held at the Grimes County Expo Center. Anyone who still needs a backpack may call the Grimes County Ag Extension Office, 936-873-3907 or 936-873-3916.
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Texas Education Agency released school accountability ratings Monday, Aug. 15, and all school districts within Grimes County have earned Academically Acceptable distinction. This is the first-time accountability ratings have been released since 2019.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is working with Navasota Police Investigators to identify and capture suspects wanted in connection with a bank robbery from Nov. 2, 2021. Photos of the two suspects wanted in connection with robbing PNC Bank, 603 E. Washington Avenue, were released. Investigators believe they are in their late teens to early 20’s. They allegedly escaped in a 2009 HondaAccord, black in color.
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Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a three-vehicle accident that claimed the life of a Houston man Wednesday, Aug. 10, near the intersection of Texas State Highway 105 east and County Road 417. DPS Sergeant, Justin Ruiz, said the preliminary investigation indicates at approximately 1:05 p.m., a 2014 Dodge Ram Pickup traveling westbound on Hwy. 105 stopped for vehicles turning onto CR 417. A 2009 Chevrolet Equinox was traveling westbound and for an unknown reason failed to drive in a single lane and came to a stop in the eastbound lane facing north.
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