The following news announcements are mainly from the Office of Gov. Greg Abbott (gov.texas. gov) and the Office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (texasattorneygeneral.gov), except where noted otherwise. They have been summarized for space considerations, but the full press releases are available at their respective websites.
With the Texas economy slowly awakening from effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7-9.
In response to the increasing number of positive COVID 19 cases in Limestone County Limestone Medical Center temporarily re-established the no visitor policy effective July 27, 2020, at 6 pm.
K9 Java has been hard at work this past month with three arrests relating to methamphetamine possession inside city limits. K9 Java joined her partner, Officer Brad Martin with Groesbeck PD in June of this year.
More than 200 children who had planned to auction off their County Fair project this past spring were left with nothing after the Fair was canceled due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. The Limestone County Fair Association is helping make up for that, though, through an event held Saturday, July 18, and also through building a Recovery Fund to reward the young exhibitors.