HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The COVID-19 pandemic has turned into the pandemic of the unvaccinated as cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Texas began showing steeper jumps than past surges.
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WEATHERFORD â Parker County Judge Pat Deen says COVID-19 numbers will need to get âdramatically higherâ before any more mandates are considered.
âThe government has done what they can in educating people and making the vaccine readily available,â Deen said. âYou could walk in and get the shot immediately at the [Parker County] Hospital District or many other places.
âIf youâre vaccinated, thatâs the key to this â not pushing more government on people.â
Asked what that threshold might be, Deen said that was a topic he planned to discuss with city and county leaders and health authorities on a conference call scheduled for Friday morning.
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WEATHERFORD â A Parker County resident will have to wait at least 30 more days in his bid to have a neighborhood road considered.
Jonathan Hobson, who owns property off North U.S. Highway 281 in Perrin, had originally filed an application to request a neighborhood road be reestablished to his property so that he could access it. That initial request was denied.
Hobson has not had access to his property since 2015 â the home that sits on the 40 acres has recently fallen victim to vandalism and theft, he said. Two homes are on the property, one that is Hobsonâs and the other that is the home he grew up in, which was built in the 1920s. His family has owned the property since the 1970s.