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Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees of the Wallace Pack Unit laundry department had inmates make special teddy bears. The bears are to help comfort Elias and Ezra Butler, the sons of Navasota Police Sergeant Mark Butler who was killed by a wrong–way driver during a pursuit Wednesday, Jan. 15. Pictured from left: Rodney Backhus, Mitch Kroll, NPD Chief Mike Mize and Zach Williams. Moises Villalobos is the warden at Pack Unit.
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Many portions of Texas, including Grimes County, were treated to a winter wonderland Jan. 20–21. Temperatures dipped into the 20’s and snowfall accumulated enough for lots of fun in the snow including building snowmen, sledding and snowball fights.
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Zoe Hayes, a 2024 graduate of Anderson–Shiro High School, successfully completed United States Coast Guard boot camp Dec. 13, 2024, in Cape May, New Jersey. Hayes was a standout student academically, graduating third in her class.
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The Navasota ISD Education Foundation distributed over $64,000 in grants Jan. 14. Classroom grants totaled $16,211.88 and campuswide grants totaled $47,799.52. Grants ranged from “Pedaling Towards Success” which provides two–person pedal desks that allows students to safely move while learning. A campuswide grant “Sensory Wall For Enhanced Learning” to provide a sensory wall in the school designed to improve focus, reduce anxiety and enhance motor skills.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Southern New Hampshire University released the Fall 2024 Dean’s and President’s List. Four students recognized are from Grimes County.
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Navasota Elks Lodge #2888 donated $2,000 worth of food to the Christian Community Center Jan. 20. The money used to purchase the food was from the Spotlight Grant that is available to Elks Lodges. Spotlight Grants helps shine light on important community issues. Pictured from left: Elks Lodge members, Darren Van Dell, Ryan Cook, Andrew Cook, Karen Cook, Evonne Bellis, Louis Vidotto and Kaisha Hampton.
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Tenaska Frontier Partners, Ltd., owner of Tenaska Frontier Generating Station, an 830-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fueled power plant near Shiro, Texas is now accepting applications for the Tenaska College Scholarship Program. Students graduating from Grimes County high schools are eligible to apply. The program will award five $2,500 scholarships.
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Plantersville Board of Aldermen moved through a packed list of “to dos” during their first meeting of 2025, Jan. 20. Among other city concerns, leaders addressed 16 agenda items including elections, road work and maintenance, grant money applications and the creation of a city pamphlet for citizens delineating open meetings procedures.
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