NEWS
3 new COVID-19 cases reported in county; test results pending on 3 more
According to the Department of State Health Services late Friday three new Montague County resident COVID-19 cases have been confirmed.
“I believe all of them were non-Nocona residents,” reported Nocona General Hospital CEO Lance Meekins Friday afternoon to the Nocona News.
The Nocona General Rural Health Clinics in Bowie and Nocona have ordered 79 of the 309 tests conducted on county residents said Meekins. The vast majority of the tests have been run at out-of-county locations. The Texas Department of Health Services is requiring all individuals who are awaiting out-patient services to undergo a COVID-19 test before the procedure can take place.
It had been 45 days since the last positive test result for a county resident had been reported for Montague County. Over that period of time 229 other county residents were tested for the novel Coronavirus with negative results.
All totaled there have been 12 county residents have tested positive. There have been eight recoveries and one fatality with three patients currently under self-quarantine. Test results are pending for three other individuals.
The jury was seated on Monday and the opening day of testimony Tuesday only lasted four hours, before the panel went into deliberations about 2 p.m.
Two hours later the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges. Wednesday morning the jury was set to begin discussion on Hall’s punishment at 8:30 a.m. with both sides offering evidence and testimony. Hall faces up to 10 years in prison.
The trial was moved to Denton County on a change of venue requested by Hall in March. After 16th District Judge Sherry Shipman read the verdict, it was reported Hall hung her head in disappointment and was later seen crying and emotional as she left the courtroom.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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