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Taylor County now has recorded 232 COVID-related deaths. The county also reported that the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 surpassed 10,000 to 10,070 (4,605 polymerase chain reaction cases and 5,465 antigen cases).  The deceased are:  Woman in her 50s with preexisting conditions Man in his 60s with unknown medical predisposition Woman in her 40s with unknown medical predisposition Woman in her 70s with preexisting conditions Woman in her 60s with unknown medical predispositi...

Cedar Hill Kicker, Jadon Cardell, Is Prepared For Championship Moment (CEDAR HILL, TEXAS) Jadon Cardell runs the scenario through his mind on a regular basis. The Longhorns are tied, or trailing by a point or two, and it’s fourth down at the homefield of the Dallas Cowboys. There are five seconds or less in the game, and the only thing standing between the Cedar Hill High School Football Team’s fourth state championship is a field goal sailing through the uprights. “I embrace it,” said...

Taylor County adds 226 cases Wednesday. Abilene trauma area COVID-19 inpatient rate declines. Brown County reports 73 new cases.

The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District is organizing COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Abilene Convention Center – when the state releases doses here. "We have completed a state survey letting them know of our capacity to conduct mass vaccination clinics and are continuing to plan and prepare for this, but do not have a time frame of when we can expect to receive additional vaccines," public health director Annette Lerma said. The Texas Department of State Health Services announ...

The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District on Thursday reported three deaths linked to COVID-19, 163 new cases and 103 recoveries. The deceased – one man in his 60s and two men in their 80s – bring the total number of county deaths to 210. The three men had preexisting health conditions, officials said.  The 163 new cases are based on 59 polymerase chain reaction tests and 104 antigen tests.  Active cases total 2,066 (830 PCR cases and 1,236 antigen cases). A week ago on Dec. 31, co...

COVID-19: Taylor County adds 2 deaths, 96 cases Wednesday Hendrick Health System expects COVID-19 hospitalizations to surpass 200 after Christmas and New Years Day holidays, according to a video statement from medical director Dr. Robert Wiley.  As of Wednesday afternoon, 39 of the 154 total COVID-19 inpatients at its facilities are on ventilators, and there are no ICU beds, he said.  "These are our parents, our grandparents, our friends within our community," Wiley said. Patients will be on ...

Under a slate gray sky, a small band of volunteers in hot pink T-shirts set out on a recovery mission. They followed fresh footprints on a map of bone-white snow. Tuesday marked the Forever Sammi Foundation’s fourth annual clothing and blanket drive for the homeless. It was the first with no clothing and blankets. Instead, volunteers packed durable plastic pouches with winter hats, gloves, socks, disposable face masks, hand sanitizer and information on where to turn for help in a hard worl...