The Big Lake Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the addition of Los Rieleros del Norte to its 2021 Star Spangled Celebration lineup.

Los Rieleros will join Whiskey Myers and Kevin Fowler on Saturday, July 3rd at the Reagan County North Park stage.

The event boasts FREE admission.

The Reagan County Owls' Baseball team dominated Sonora 11-1 Tuesday night moving the team to 3-0 (1st Place) in district play.

Senior Jacob Gallegos took the win on the mound pitching a complete game (6 innings due to run-rule) with 7 strikeouts. He also went 2 of 4 with 3 runs scored.

Offensively the Owls were led by Sophomore Alexavier Reyes who went 4 of 4 with 3 runs scored and 1 RBI.

Reagan County High School has a new Athletic Director and Head Football Coach.

RCISD Superintendent Eric Hallmark announced Tuesday that Kyle Brown, Reagan County High School Principal and Head Boys Basketball Coach, will take over the reigns of the Owls' athletic department as AD and Head Football Coach. He will retain his basketball position as well.

The Reagan County Care Center has 12 positive cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday evening.

Reagan Hospital District CEO Jonathon Voelkel confirmed the cases with the Wildcat on Tuesday.

"All 12 are currently in stable condition," Voelkel said. "The remaining residents all tested negative for the virus."

Along with the 12 residents, Voelkel also confirmed that a total of 11 Care Center employees have also tested positive for the virus.

The Reagan County Care Center has six residents who tested positive for COVID-19.

Reagan Hospital District CEO Jonathon Voelkel confirmed the first positive case at the Care Center to the Wildcat on Monday.

He confirmed the other five Thursday morning.

"The good news is all six of those residents are doing well and are in stable condition," Voelkel said. "We are following FEMA and HHS guidelines as we navigate this situation. We have set up zones within the Care Center to try and mitigate the spread of the virus to other residents."

Reagan County Judge Jim O'Bryan will not opt Reagan County out of Governor Greg Abbott's face covering mandate.

O'Bryan said on Saturday that he intended to file the appropriate form this morning (Monday morning) with the State to exempt Reagan County from the mandate.

"I've thought about it hard over the weekend," O'Bryan said. "Our cases have not crossed the 20 active positive threshold, but they have jumped to 12 active in a short period of time."

O'Bryan said that rapid increase over the past week was the driving factor in him deciding against filing the for the exemption.

Reagan County added three more positive COVID-19 cases to its total yesterday with two of those coming from Reagan County Care Center employees.

The three positives raise the total number attributed to Reagan County to nine. The total number of positive cases is a cumulative figure which will never go down.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is showing Reagan County has two recoveries out of the nine total cases.

Laura Adilene Harville Settle, 93, passed from this life to the next on Sunday, December 6, 2020. She was born near Oplin, Texas at the family home to Tina Bartley Harville and Sidney S. Harville on April 8, 1927.

Henry Herbert Settle passed from this life to the next on March 3, 2020.

He was born on March 17, 1927 in Baird, Texas, to Lilly Hampton Settle and S. Ernest Settle.

He grew up in Baird and graduated from Baird High School.