Navasota News

Parked at a crowded business, College Station resident Shelly Gutierrez was cleaning out the back seat of her Suburban when she turned to find a stranger standing between her and the door.

Angleton Superintendent Heath Burns stands in the hallway at Frontier Elementary School with Principal Vicki Harmon Thursday after visiting classrooms.

On October 7, 2009 life changed dramatically for Shiro resident John Mathes. It was the day the 38-year-old was rushed to the College Station Medical Center after contracting pneumonia from the H1N1 virus.

Joe Wilkins, of Navasota, is the owner. He took a cherry-red 1939 Ford and put some fire in its belly, literally.

This year the drive will be held on December 9th from 6:00 am to 7:00 p.m in the Mid South Synergy parking lot.

A Texas man thinks he has the fastest street-legal car in the world, one he calls the "Hemi-jet." Joe Wilkins, of Navasota, is the owner.

Heath Burns, AISD superintendent finalist, and family. Heath Burns, superintendent of Angleton Independent School District south of Houston, is the sole finalist to be chief of the Abilene Independent School District.

Navasota baseball player Derrick Hadley signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play baseball at Texas A&M. Hadley has started for the Rattler baseball team since he was a freshman.

Mandi Bateman and Bryan Storey were married Oct. 3 at First Baptist Church in Electra.

There will be a parade starting at 10 a.m. through downtown, followed by a FREE classic car show in the VFW parking lot, along with entertainment, bar-b-que meals for $8 inside the VFW, also a raffle with 9 prizes, and a silent auction.

Powell runs her garbage-collection and recycling company out of Anderson and has about 100 customers in Grimes County.

The former bilingual kindergarten teacher's confession plays a big role in how much time he could spend behind bars.

Lindsey Ann Coonse and Joshua Buck Hazelwood were united in marriage July 11, 2009, at The Southern Plantation Heaven on Earth in Missouri City, TX.

Ashley Renee' Coonse and SPC Thomas Patrick Baca II tied the knot on August 8, 2009.

National Night Out 2009 was a great success in Navasota, with nine block parties and an estimated 200-plus neighbors coming together.

Tax bills should begin arriving in mailboxes next week for about 90,000 Brazos County property owners.

A teenager is wanted in at least four Austin robberies, where he used a kitchen knife to threaten people walking in the area, police said.

University Drive was closed for an hour Thursday evening, after a motorcyclist struck the back of a vehicle.

He was entrusted with teaching five and six-year-olds in Navasota for several years.

A Navasota school teacher is behind bars charged with indecency with a child. According to Navasota police, 34-year-old Roberto Andaverde was arrested last week and is being held in the Grimes County Jail on a $100,000 bond.