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A new COVID-19 virus case was recognized in Limestone County Friday afternoon, and with one active case cycling out of quarantine, that leaves only two active cases, according to Limestone County Emergency Management Director Matt Groveton.

Over the last month, during the recent – and still current – economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus pandemic economic shutdown, several Mexia businesses received welcome help from the Mexia Economic Development Corporation: some restaurants in the form of significant orders of food, other companies in the form of free lunch for their employees, freshly prepared by those Mexia restaurants.

The executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission told lawmakers during a telephone briefing Wednesday that the agency is planning to require Texans to begin searching for work in order to keep their unemployment benefits once Gov. Greg Abbott begins allowing restaurants and retail stores to open at 50% capacity, two Democratic legislators on the call told The Texas Tribune.