Judge Duane Peters

01/16/2025

As our area is reeling from the recent death of a police officer in the line of duty, Brazos County Judge Duane Peters reflects on the selfless actions of Navasota Police Sergeant Mark Butler:

“It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Navasota Police Sergeant Mark Butler, who tragically lost his life in the line of duty. His service and dedication to the Navasota community will not be forgotten. On behalf of Brazos County Commissioners Court, I extend my deepest condolences to Sgt. Butler’s family, friends, and colleagues. Please keep them and the entire Navasota community in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. His sacrifice reminds us of the courage and commitment of those who serve to protect us.”

11/12/2021

Before the day closes, I just wanted to use this platform to say thank you to all our community’s veterans.

Your service is something to be admired, and we thank you for standing in the breach to ensure our freedoms!

God bless America and her patriots!

11/03/2021

Congratulations to Councilwoman Cunha on winning her reelection bid last night! Your tenacity, integrity, and resolve are admired by the citizens, and that showed in your reelection results.

Good luck to Councilman Dennis Maloney and Mr. David Levine on your runoff election. Dig in and make your cases to the citizens clean and fair.

To Blaine Decker & Darin Paine, thank you both for your service to our country. It is even more impressive that you both are stepping up again to serve our great community on the school board.

To all the other candidates that put their names on the ballot, thank you for offering yourself up to serve our community. Just running a campaign is a service in the form of giving your neighbors a choice. Not one of you walked away receiving less than a significant amount of votes. Each of you made an impression on voters who never even met you, and that impression was good enough to earn their vote. It is something to be proud of.

The runoff election will be held on December 14, pending city council approval of the runoff ordinance.

10/12/2021

You could watch this 50 times, and it still doesn’t get old.

10/05/2021

PSA: Monoclonal antibody treatment is free for anybody who needs it, but patients need a doctor’s referral to get it. If you don’t have a doctor, you can call the infusion center directly at 979-690-4478 to schedule an appointment for an evaluation.

"Brazos County Judge Duane Peters is one of the officials who helped bring the center to town. He encourages anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 to get this treatment because it worked so well for him after he was diagnosed back in June.

“This was the treatment that I got, and within 36 hours of the time I took the treatment, I was back to work,” Peters said. “I’ve got a ranch, and I was out there working.”

Peters says he started showing allergy-like symptoms on a Tuesday night. By the next morning, he says he started to run a mild fever. He tested positive for the virus and got the infusion treatment later that same day.

Peters says he truly believes the infusion saved him from eventually entering the ICU.

“There’s really no doubt in my mind because I was struggling to breathe during that period of time,” Peters said. “I believe had it not been for the monoclonal antibodies, and possibly the budesonide, I certainly could have ended up in the hospital.”

The infusion center isn’t just an important tool for COVID patients, though. It’s vital for health care workers as well.

“If we’re unable to keep the infusion center running here, it’ll fall back onto our hospitals who are already at capacity and already dealing with much sicker patients,” Rice said. “They’ll have to pull staff who are in the ER or ICU or wherever they are, to do infusions on less sick patients.”"

https://www.kbtx.com/2021/10/05/regional-antibody-infusion-center-could-be-scaled-back-if-treatment-demand-remains-low

09/11/2021

Never forget September the 11th, 2001.

A scar remains on most Americans hearts, but it's a scar we share together.

God Bless America.

09/10/2021

"The freedoms you surrender today are the freedoms your grandchildren will never know existed."

09/09/2021

True to the Aggie and American spirit! 🇺🇸

As we near the 11th, here are a few thoughtful words from Coach Fisher last week:

“Freedom is not free,” Fisher said. “There’s a lot of people who pay a lot of prices and a lot of people who have paid for things that have gone on with 9/11, all the different things that go on in our world, and we can’t forget that.”

📰 🔗👇🏼

https://theeagle.com/news/a_m/re-creating-an-iconic-moment-kyle-field-honors-20th-anniversary-of-9-11-with-red/article_e5185a6e-0dd9-11ec-a4c6-e7c9903840b6.html