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The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce announces that reservations are now being accepted for the 91st Annual Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held on Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Windham Civic Center. The keynote speaker will be Lieutenant Commander Leif Babin of the United States Navy Reserve.
Leif Babin is a highly decorated U.S. Navy SEAL officer and combat veteran that deployed three times to Iraq earning a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. Leif is a native of Southeast Texas and a 1998 U.S. Naval Academy graduate.

Two single-vehicle crashes occurred within eight hours of each other on Tuesday and Wednesday with fatal results for one driver and a fire for another.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State TxDPS Trooper Keith Jones, at approximately 4 a.m. an unnamed 32-year-old, of Sierra Ventana Monterrey, Mexico was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 96 North in a white 1999 Ford Econoline passenger van when the van exited the roadway and struck multiple objects.

Terry Allen and W.I. Davis presented a report about the benefits to a Ground Water Conservation District to the Center City Council at the meeting on Monday, March 11 at the Windham Civic Center.
Allen pointed out the following statistics about the availability of both groundwater and surface water in Shelby County:
Groundwater Total Available Supply
• Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer (Neches Basin) – 5,346 acre/ft;
• Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer (Sabine Basin) – 7,404 acre/ft.

Shelby County Chamber of Commerce is soliciting nominations from residents of Shelby County for the Young Citizen of the Year and the Distinguished Service Award. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, March 19. Written nominations, including additional letters of support regarding the qualifications of the nominee, should be sent to the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce, 100 Courthouse Square, A-101, Center, Texas 75935.

With a win Thursday afternoon at home, the Shelbyville Dragons have started off district play 2-0 after defeating the Martinsville Pirates 13-1.

The Dragons batted around in the bottom of the first inning where they scored their first eight runs.

This Sunday is selection Sunday and I can’t wait. I feel like a kid at Christmas. Instead of looking forward to opening presents, I’m anxious to get a hold of a bracket. Instead of shaking the presents under the tree, I’m reading up on what the experts have to say and keeping a close eye on conference tournaments to see how the NCAA might turn out.

The Center Lady ‘Riders softball team was unable to squeeze out a win at home when it played host to the Hudson Lady Hornets Tuesday night, falling 16-0 as the game was called after five innings.

An orange glow outlined the southern horizon of the City of Timpson on Sunday evening alerting neighbors that a fire was blazing at a nearby residence on Timpson Street. The Timpson Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the residence belonging to Kim Skinner at 7:56 p.m. on Sunday, March 10 and when they arrived what they found was a fireball that once resembled a house.
What was once a home painted yellow had become a bright orange tornado as the fire engulfed the home and swirled on the south side as the wind blew from the north.

The CHS Powerlifting team sent nine regional qualifiers to Rusk on March 7 to compete in the Reg 3 Div 2 Regional Championship. 

The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce salutes the accomplishments of the talented teachers throughout the county’s school districts.  The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce will host a Teacher Appreciation reception on Wednesday, March 20 at the Windham Civic Center in Center. This is a time when gratitude and appreciation is expressed to the educators throughout the county.  Nominees for Teacher of the Year from the Shelby County School Campuses are:
 
F.L. Moffett Primary School – Hannah Ramsey

A Shelby County Jury in the 123rd District Court was unable to come to a decision on Thursday, March 7 involving an aggravated sexual assault of a child case, which has been building since 2011. The jury was hopelessly deadlocked at 11-1 with 11 in favor of a guilty conviction, and one unable to make a decision in favor of guilt.
William Howard Sanford was the accused in the case, and a relative is the alleged victim. Both were residents in Timpson at the time that the alleged acts occurred.

Shirley Brittain, ATT/TELCOM Pioneer Life Member, of Shelbyville joined nearly 100 Texas cancer advocates in standing up for cancer patients and survivors at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action (ACS CAN) Lobby Day Feb. 6 in Austin.
Advocates met with legislators and staff to make the case for cancer-fighting priorities:
• Smoke-Free Texas;
• Program reforms and funding for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; and