One injured in shooting; police seek suspect | Coronavirus - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

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• One injured in shooting; police seek suspect | Coronavirus - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
• Abbott extends disaster order | Coronavirus | dailysentinel.com - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
• Festivals planning ways to come back after year of cancellations - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
• State confirms 3 more deaths from the virus | Coronavirus - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

One injured in shooting; police seek suspect | Coronavirus - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:35 AM PDT Nacogdoches police are seeking a suspect in a Tuesday night shooting that injured one person.  Department spokesman Sgt. Brett Ayres said the victim, a 20-year-old man, was treated for a gunshot wound at a local hospital and released the same evening after the attack.  Officers were dispatched to the University Club Apartments in the 2800 block of Pearl Street, between Beall and Bowie streets, shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday after receiving several calls about gunshots in the area.  Someone fired a weapon into an apartment where the victim was hit.  The department's activity log lists the incident as a "drive-by shooting" but Ayres said it was unclear whether the shooter was in a vehicle or on foot.  Information about the number of shots fired and what type of weapon was used was not available, he said. What spurred the attack was similarly unknown.

Abbott extends disaster order | Coronavirus | dailysentinel.com - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel Posted: 08 Sep 2020 10:36 AM PDT Gov. Greg Abbott this week extended a statewide disaster declaration in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but hinted that he could begin further easing restrictions. "Dallas leads the country in employees returning to the office. Other Texas cities doing well too," Abbott tweeted Monday. "Texas will continue to lead in returning to work if we continue the effective strategies to slow the spread of COVID. More announcements soon." An announcement could come as early as this week, Abbott representative Betty Russo told the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Russo did not have any further details on what the announcements might entail. Abbott's order was first issued March 13 and was extended July 10 before being re-extended Monday. "Renewing this disaster declaration helps ensure that we have the resources and strategies in place to help communities across Texas respond to COVID-19," Abbott said in a statement. "I urge Texans to take precautionary steps to protect their health by wearing a mask, social distancing, and sanitizing their hands. Working together, we will slow the spread and keep our communities safe." Abbott on Monday also extended the disaster declaration related to Hurricane Laura, which slammed into the Texas and Louisiana coasts last month. The amended disaster order includes Angelina, Jasper, San Augustine and Newton counties. Shelby County experienced a moderate amount of damage in the storm, but is not included in the governor's order.

Festivals planning ways to come back after year of cancellations - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel Posted: 08 Sep 2020 12:38 PM PDT Festival organizers need to look for creative, innovate ways to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, but annual celebrations in Texas cities large and small won't be disappearing anytime soon, the head of the Texas Festival and Events Association said Tuesday. Kay Wolf, director of the association, told the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce that festival organizers around the state are looking at ways to give festival goers what they want. "People want to go back to normal. They want to go back to events. We are finding as an organization," Hay said, "that people are getting tired of virtual events already. They want to be out and about." Large events must now be approved by local governments and state officials and must operate at reduced capacity, follow social distancing and masking guidelines, Hay said. "Everybody needs guidelines, written guidelines, to follow. It's very important. We've got to be involved in our state, our county and our city," she said. Organizers are currently looking at how to pull off the annual Nine Flags Christmas Parade and mitigate the spread of the virus, said Gary Lee Ashcraft, director of the local United Way. "It's very important to the United Way," he said. "We are in the events business." The coronavirus pandemic has sidelined nearly every event in Nacogdoches from the massive Texas Blueberry Festival to the more intimate Jaycees' Red Dirt Mud Run. DoDat Barbecue went digital, and the Pineywoods Fair is planning a severely scaled back livestock show with no carnival. "No art, baking, photography or anything like that," Expo Center Director Anita Scott said. "We are only having the market show — rabbits, goats, lambs, broilers and barrows." Around East Texas, Jacksonville canned its annual Tomato Festival, and Henderson won't be having its Syrup Festival this year. Center's Poultry Fest is still on. Despite cancellations, it doesn't appear any entities are getting out of the festival business, Hay said. "I don't hear pull out forever. I hear reschedule. I hear cancel until 2021. I hear reinvent. I hear set guidelines, but I don't hear leave the festival business. There's too many canceled but some of those that have canceled have already had events," she said. Estimates of the economic impact caused by event cancellations weren't available Tuesday, but Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce CEO C. Wayne Mitchell called it "significant." "Think about us having to cancel 200 vendors associated with that," Mitchell said of the Texas Blueberry Festival. "All of those folks would have stayed two nights in Nacogdoches and eaten in our restaurants. You multiply that times Texas and the figure has got to be astounding." Despite limitations, some festivals are continuing, Hay said. She pointed to the planned drive-in and socially distanced Hometown Heroes Music Festival set for Sept. 25 and 26 at several sites around Texas. Attendees must purchase tickets online and receive an eight-foot square of space as well as tickets to drive in and park. "When you get to that square, you don't leave that square except for direct to the restroom," Hay said. Food and drink orders will be handled via a cellphone application. "I'm still shaking my head, but hopefully it happens and hopefully it turns out great," she said.

State confirms 3 more deaths from the virus | Coronavirus - Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel Posted: 08 Sep 2020 09:00 PM PDT COVID-19 fatalities rose to 53 on Tuesday as the state confirmed three more deaths over the weekend. With nine new cases announced since Friday, the number of active cases in Nacogdoches County is estimated at 92, a number that may or may not include SFA students, since the state reports cases based on county of residence. On Tuesday, the university's website reported 46 students and one faculty present on campus within the past seven days had tested positive. Students living on campus who test positive are provided with separate living spaces during the required isolation. According to to the SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council, 24 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in Nacogdoches County as of Tuesday, with nine of those being treated in intensive care. Active cases in neighboring counties on Tuesday were estimated at 577 in Cherokee County, 173 in Angelina County, 26 in San Augustine, 12 in Shelby County and 62 in Rusk County. Harris County continues to lead the state in active cases, with 12,080. The local COVID-19 Call Center remains open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday at 468-4787.

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