Oh the irony! While the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic opened up vast opportunities to crack open a good book -- it’s causing problems for some of the very places to get the tomes! The Meridian Public Library came up with one solution after the pandemic closed the library’s location recently. “The library is currently offering curbside serving to our patrons to check out books, DVDs and audio-books, as well as printing and fax services,” library officials stated on the Meridian Public Library’s catalogue page, found at meridian.biblionix.com/catalog.

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Region 7 officials added nine more cases of Bosque County residents testing positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the county’s total number of active cases to 72.