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.

Two Reagan County Care Center employees have tested positive for COVID-19 according to Reagan Hospital District CEO Jonathan Voelkel.

Voelkel said the employees were not in direct patient care areas, and exhibited no symptoms of the virus prior to testing.

The Care Center began testing all residents and employees following the directive handed down by the State and Federal governments.

Reagan County's Tristan Ortiz has been named to the San Angelo Standard-Times West Texas All-Decade Team.

Ortiz, a 2019 graduate from Reagan County High School, was named to the list for his work on the offensive line.

The first positive COVID-19 test done by Reagan Hospital District will officially be attributed to Glasscock County by the Texas Department of State Health Services, according to hospital CEO Jonathon Voelkel.

The test was conducted on Friday with the result coming in on Sunday.

Voelkel said he was not initially sure if the case would be attributed to Reagan County or another county by the State due to the patient's official permanent residence.

Reagan County ISD Superintendent Bobby Fryar remains hopeful the district will hold this year’s graduation ceremony just like it has always been done.

“Our ‘Plan A’ is a traditional graduation,” Fryar said. “We hope that by the time graduation comes around all of the restrictions will be removed and we’ll be able to hold our normal graduation.”

Fryar said that no matter how hopeful he is, a ‘Plan B’ needs to be in place.

With the plentiful rainfall amounts this year, grass and weeds have also grown at a rapid pace.  The City of Big Lake would like to remind residents of Ordinance 6.02.

Ordinance  6.02 includes Grass & Weeds; Growth Restrictions and areas obstructing the view of traffic.