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Compared to last week the amount of cases that have been reported nationally has declined, seven days ago with an average of 69,000 daily new cases to current average daily new cases of 64,000 and cases are down a total of about 20,000 from the past week. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the U.S. has about 4.46 million confirmed cases with around 151,500 deaths. The CDC does not give an estimated amount of those who have recovered.
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On Tuesday, July 28, at approximately 5:42 p.m. BRMC EMS and Brownfield Fire & Rescue were called to a two vehicle accident located in the 500 block of Lubbock Road. According to Brownfield Police a white mid-sized Chevrolet suv pulled into oncoming traffic and was hit by a brown mid-size Hyundai suv. The driver and a passenger of the white suv were both transported by ambulance to BRMC with unknown injuries. The driver of the white suv was given a citation.
Read moreTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton: Local health districts cannot “indiscriminately” shut down schools. On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Texas lawmakers, the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and local school districts that local health authorities cannot “indiscriminately” shut down schools. This was in response to the mayor of Stephenville, Doug Svien, sent AG Paxton an email asking, “How do we (Stephenville) get prepared in case something occurs with COVID-19 and who has what authority?”
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Construction workers continue to remodel and update the east portion of the BRMC Hospital. Construction began in November 2019 and with the coronavirus pandemic it slowed the process down and pushed things back about 30 days. BRMC CEO Jerry Jasper said, “We are hoping towards the end of October 2020 to have the renovations completed and patients can have access.”
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The 2018 Brownfield Downtown Revitalization Project Sidewalk Improvements project continues as AAJ Concrete out of Plainview plans to finish by October 1.
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Every summer, children get heatstroke or die as a result of being left unattended in a hot car, but a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service passenger safety expert says there are a number of ways to help avoid such a tragedy.
Read moreCity of Brownfield- Public Payment Assistance Program through Coronavirus relief funds has been started. First come first serve basis, applications at City Hall!
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