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At the May 19, 2021, Grimes County Commissioners Court, commissioners took action to apply for funds from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act. The Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden March 11 and established the $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, providing direct aid from the U.S. Treasury Department to state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments.
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A head-on-collision in downtown Navasota Monday afternoon, May 24, claimed the life of 25-year-old Jillian Book.
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COLLEGE STATION – A Navasota man, 23-year-old Cameron James Gray, died from a gunshot wound he sustained in an apparent botched drug deal Friday, May 21, in a College Station H-E-B parking lot.
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The Navasota Public Library will offer an animal-themed Summer Reading Program, Tails and Tales, to encourage children to read. After registering at the Library on Friday, May 28, they will be given sheets to log the books they read. The books can be from any source including e-books, audiobooks or someone who reads to the child. After turning in the logs at the end of the week they will be given a prize donated by local merchants. At the end of the summer there will be a grand prize drawing. Any child from birth on up can participate. No Library card is required.
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ANDERSON - The spring semester has taken its toll on the Anderson-Shiro FFA program. It has brought its own share of hardships, aside from COVID-19, but the students have pushed through despite the odds - and had a successful spring semester.
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The results of a Texas A&M Bush School Capstone Project examining Navasota’s Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) were presented to city council and the public at the May 10 council meeting. Present were graduate students Alicia Ortman, Jim Engelke, Crayton Brubaker, Lindsey Gonzalez, Julia Koerner and Professor Justin Bullock, PhD who attended via Zoom.
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It was a special night for Navasota Independent School District at the monthly school board meeting Monday, May 17, as they were recognized by Entergy Texas Inc. for taking steps to improve the climate and presented with a check for over $100,000.
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The Navasota Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) held a Regular Meeting Thursday, May 13 and on a 4-1 vote approved the preliminary site plan for a welding service store on Spur 515. The application was submitted by David Waters for the property located at 1002 Spur 515 and included a fee in-lieu-of-sidewalk-installation totaling $12,748.32.
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