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PLANTERSVILLE Entergy representative, Melissa Bochat, announced during the Plantersville City Council meeting the proposed route for the Castle project was approved.
Read moreRichards Volunteer Fire Department hosted a Back to School Bash at the station Saturday, Aug. 13. The event included a waterslide, games and free backpacks.
Read moreA Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge (BPOE) may soon be officially instituted in Navasota, thanks to the recruitment efforts of a number of local residents! Already 60 strong, they’re well on their way to meeting their goal of 75-100 members. According to Past State President Mike Callahan, Ph.D., “We have several people at the Bryan and Brenham Elks Lodges who actually live in Navasota. We have a lot of local support for it already built in.”
Read moreIola City Council is in another budget planning phase, the first that will include the Iola Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) debt rate factored into it.
Read moreCOLLEGE STATION -The SexualAssault Resource Center is hosting its fourth annual “An Evening Under the Stars” gala on Sept. 9, at the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center. There are many ways to join the fight against sexual violence in the Brazos Valley in the weeks leading up to the event. Based on ticket sales and table sponsorships, over 350 people are expected to attend the gala at the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center. The event brings together people to dine, dance, listen to live music, and raise money to support the Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC).
Read moreThe community gathered at stadiums across Grimes County to meet 2022-2023 athletes, clubs, performing arts, administration and faculty.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreJames 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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