NO VIRUS UPDATE OVER WEEKEND

From County Judge Steve Young Sunday night: We have not had received any new confirmed Milam County cases reported over the weekend. However, the state’s electronic lab reporting system was down for maintenance this weekend and we suspect that is one reason we have no new confirmed cases to report.

EIGHT NEW CASES ON FRIDAY

  From County Judge Steve Young on Friday evening: Today we have 8 new confirmed cases to report.  This is double what we had yesterday.  One person was released from the hospital today, but one of the three left in the hospital is still on a ventilator.

CASES UP FOUR; ACTIVE ONES DOWN 19

From County Judge Steve Young Thursday evening: Today our cases were light with only 4 new confirmed cases and we were able to discharge 19 active cases.

MILAM RECORDS THIRD COVID-19 DEATH

  From County Judge Steve Young: Wednesday we had a death in the county.  The individual had been tested about one week ago and had gone home.  The person’s symptoms became worse and the person died at home Wednesday, before going to a hospital.  This brings our death toll in the county to three.

Fall election gets extended early voting

Texans will get an extended early voting period for the Nov. 3 general election. The period will now begin Tuesday, Oct. 13 and continue through Friday, Oct. 30. The governor’s proclamation also expands the period in which marked mail-in ballots may be delivered to an early-voting clerk’s office.

Milano, Thorndale classes set

Students in the Milano and Thorndale ISDs are set to return to classes next month—with options to study at-home online—as the two districts have released plans to begin the 2020-21 school term under the giant shadow that is the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID rate easing? Keep fingers crossed

Is it the start of a much-hoped-for turnaround or just a positive blip in a sea of negative numbers? The jury is still out but COVID-19 stats got better during the week in Milam County and throughout Central Texas.

Gause ISD announces plans

The Gause Independent School District has announced school opening plans for 2020-2021 and like other South Milam ISDs it will be a mix of in-person and online learning. First day of class is Thursday, Aug. 13.

County eyes grant

CAMERON—Milam County Commissioners closed out their “big swap” in a regular session Monday morning and now they have several tense weeks of waiting to see if the county will get a key grant.

Downtown Rockdale ‘facelift’ ahead

It’s a big deal. The long-awaited project which will transform the face of downtown and central Rockdale like no other in the past 70 years is expected to start in October.