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Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that retail stores, restaurants, malls, movie theaters, and museums can open on May 1 at 25 percent capacity in counties with five or more COVID-19 cases.

It seems the Open Texas Facebook group’s prayers were somewhat answered Monday afternoon.

The Storehouse of Collin County seeks the community’s support during “North Texas Giving Tuesday Now” to flatten a new rising COVID-19 curve: neighbors struggling with basic needs due to skyrocketing unemployment.

Shutterstock A statewide strike force, a testing regime, mass testing to identify those who are positive, negative, or virus carriers all sound like they take a page out of George Orwell’s 1984 or Stephen King’s The Stand . Gov.

The TPC Craig Ranch was built in 2004 specifically with the hope of one day hosting the AT&T Byron Nelson tournament.

“The coronavirus is officially affecting me,” a Facebook friend posted in late March.

On Monday, Dr. Nancy Turner, a veterinarian with ReadiVet, spent her first hour sitting by a backyard pool, treating a shih tzu for an eye infection. Later, she sat in the sun, giving an excitable rat terrier a check up in the grass of his own yard.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to widespread business closures across the nation but some are still open because of their status as “essential” services in city, county, and statewide declarations.

Courtesy of McKinney Knittery Facebook When I entered the McKinney Knittery on March 13 (a Friday), activity was simmering in multiple pockets of the rectangular store.

Wednesday, the Dallas Morning News reported that Gov.