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Shortly after Gov. Greg Abbott announced his executive order, several local officials decided to follow Abbott’s lead and allow their shelter-in-place orders and closing nonessential business orders to expire.

For medical reasons, my mother would be deemed high risk for COVID-19. She’s a practical and resourceful person, so despite how restricted tests are, I shouldn’t be surprised that last week she took a COVID-19 test and an antibody test.

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

Each day, more and more people showed up, first timers desperate for help. Many were surprised to find themselves unemployed. A few short weeks ago, business was booming.

A woman dressed in red white and blue with a sign that reads “I’d rather practice dangerous freedom than practical slavery” parks near the community center and walks up to the grassy lawn outside Frisco City Hall where a crowd is gathering.

The data emerging on COVID-19 changes every day, as does our understanding of its spread.

Courtesy of Citychurch The east side of Hwy 5 in McKinney was the place to avoid. Violent crime was the expectation. A poverty ridden area was the reality. Carol Wood had heard the rumors, the warnings to avoid that side of town .

A 13-year-old boy from Guatemala sat in the passenger seat next to a 37-year-old stranger from North Carolina. It was 2 a.m., and Benito Lozano Granado, a Charlotte resident, was on the road to Georgia.

Gov. Greg Abbott held another COVID-19 press conference Tuesday afternoon, updating the 1.2 million unemployed Texans with some good news: jobs are available for those who seek them.

Courtesy of the Adair family The last time Tom Adair saw his father alive was Christmas.