Cases have now been traced to those gatherings.Despite the surge in infections among young people, before the new mask order this week, many chose not to wear a mask. LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Lubbock County Courts are taking precautions in response to Coronavirus concerns by adjusting their court schedule. Why wouldn’t I act that same way?”That message is commonly heard from conservatives in Texas as they seek to balance public health concerns against worries that an aggressive government response could result in a backlash. Cases were low. “This is the first time we’ve met each other and we don’t care,” said Mr. Stewart’s wife, Tamera, adding that other people might take precautions when they are together and stay far apart.
Visitors need to take a COVID-19 assessment test before they will be given an appointment time to be tested. “I’m asking our people to act this way. Early in the pandemic, much of rural Texas had low case counts and few worries.
Mandates have come to be associated with demands from leaders of the state’s largely Democratic cities.In the Houston area, the top county executive, Lina Hidalgo, has called for a new and stricter stay-at-home order. She has joined a statewide lawsuit over the governor’s closures.“To me that is a life-and-death situation,” she said. LUBBOCK, Texas — For a while, it seemed that the coronavirus had spared West Texas.
“With Abbott, he’s tried to have his cake and eat it too; he wants to not protect your individual liberty and then say he is.”Before Mr. Abbott’s latest order, mayors in West Texas had blocked efforts to require residents to wear masks while inside stores, in some cases linking their opposition to disgust with leaders in Austin and Washington.“Free Americans, and free Texans, must not allow a fractious, divided and politically motivated body of values lightweights to dictate day-to-day living,” Mayor Patrick Payton of Midland said at a news conference on Wednesday.Gabrielle Ellison was elated to hear that message. On the football team alone, 23 players and staff tested positive for the virus, a school spokesman said, adding that all had recovered.“When the governor opened the bars, the floodgates opened,” said Latrelle Joy, a City Council member. “I don’t need his advice anymore,” Mr. Patrick said.That sentiment was echoed outside a popular, newly opened hamburger restaurant in Wolfforth, Texas, just outside Lubbock, where even Mr. Abbott, a Republican, came under harsh criticism. For more information, call the Community Development Department at A surfer was bit by a shark in Florida's Volusia County, marking its fourth attack this yearGround beef recall 2020: JBS Food Canada recalls more than 38,000 pounds of meatCOVID-19: Lubbock reports 39 new cases on Sunday, 1 new recoveryShow full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours.
Ms. Ellison is the owner of Big Daddy Zane’s, a bar in Odessa that attracted national attention in May after it joined with other businesses in Texas and, aided by men carrying assault rifles, Ms. Ellison said she was defying the state’s order again and keeping her bar open. In total, there are 254 counties in the state. LUBBOCK, Texas — The Lubbock County Detention Center reported 64 active cases of COVID-19 as of Monday to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Per state licensing and Center for Disease Control guidelines all residents and staff have been tested for COVID-19 and 34 infected individuals were identified. On the day Gov. On Wednesday, there were 184.The sudden jump, concentrated among those in their 20s, reflected a sharp and uncontrolled rise in the virus that has hit Texas harder than many other places in the country.
Several other county leaders from major metropolitan areas, all Democrats, have also urged Governor Abbott to grant them the power to impose local lockdowns. The total number of cases in Lubbock County is 19.