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The Navasota City Council awarded the 2024 Street Maintenance Project contract to low bidders Houston Sons, LLC, at the July 22 Regular Meeting but not without lengthy discussion. Houston was the low bidder of three submitted, at $199,877, and recommended by project engineers, KTL Engineering, LLC.
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The leadership of the United States is making national headlines with the recent assassination attempt of 45th President, Donald J. Trump, and 46th President, Joe Biden, announcing he will not seek reelection.
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Texas DPS Trooper Corporal Jason Dominguez {left) was one of multiple law enforcement officers that attended the Friends of Grimes County annual gun show July 20–21. Law enforcement officers offer free admission for law enforcement.
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The Brazos County Health District Vector Surveillance Program has confirmed mosquito samples collected in Brazos County and submitted for testing by the Texas Department of State Health Services Arbovirus Laboratory have tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). The mosquito traps that collected the positive samples were located in:
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Addressing the unsustainable net losses incurred by the city-sponsored Texas Birthday Bash (TBB), the Navasota City Council authorized City Manager Jason Weeks to execute the Texas Birthday Bash Event Management Agreement with Charlie Diggs Entertainment. This action came during the July 22 Regular Meeting.
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Grimes County Commissioners Court replenished county volunteer fire department coffers by approving Beryl expense reimbursements of $2,000 each for the Anderson, Bedias, Iola, Plantersville, Richards, Shiro, Todd Mission and Whitehall VFDs. The $16,000 will come from exhausting Contingency and several other funds and borrowing from the VFD run pool, refunding the run pool at the end of the fiscal year.
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Entergy Texas president and CEO, Eliecer Viamontes issued a letter of appreciation to customers following Hurricane Beryl.
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Sons of the Republic and Fanthorp Inn honored Kenneth Lewis Anderson with a special ceremony at the Fanthorp Family Cemetery July 21. Anderson was the last vice president of the Republic of Texas and is the namesake of the Town of Anderson.
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