COVID-19

Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom reported Wednesday that the State has confirmed 6 new corona cases. There have been 7 recoveries bringing the numbers of cases to 49 active and 135 recovered for a total of 184 positive cases since mid-March.  Four patients are in the Covid Unit of Christus …

  The Texas Medical Board has warned physicians that it could take action against anyone who falsely advertises a cure for COVID-19. The warning was issued after Houston-area pastor and doctor, Dr. Stella Immanuel, praised hydroxychloroquine as a cure for the disease. Multiple studies have found that the drug isn’t …

  As heat waves sweep the country and people spend most of their time at home due to COVID-19, Americans are looking for ways to keep costs under control. New research conducted by Sense and SurveyMonkey shows that nearly all Americans (91%) are staying home more this summer due to …

  A non-profit is setting up in Texas this week to hand out hundreds of free computers to families struggling to make ends meet during the COVID pandemic. The non-profit Comp-U-Dopt will hand out 400 free computers with two years of WI-FI and tech support. Chief executive Megan Steckly says …

Hopkins County Emergency Management was notified Monday by the state that 12 new cases of COVID 19 have been confirmed. The good news is that there were 30 new recoveries from the virus for a total of 128. There are now 37 active cases of Coronavirus. 165 total cases of …

  Lawmakers in Washington are still hashing out another coronavirus relief bill. It appears Republicans and Democrats largely agree on another 12-hundred dollar check but where they differ is the 600-dollar weekly unemployment benefit. TCU economics professor John Harvey says they’ve got it backwards. He says many of these unemployed …