March 8, 2021 - The Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard updated Monday with 3 new probable cases, 1 new recovery, and a new estimated active case count of 87 on March 8, 2021.

March 8th (2:25pm) Numbers: (changes since March 6th)
Total Confirmed Cases - 879
Total Probable Cases - 663 (3 new cases)
Total Fatalities - 59
Total Estimated Active Cases - 87
Total Estimated Recovered - 1,396 (1 new)

March 8, 2021 - On Friday, a report was made that a Shelbyville Middle School student had told other students he/she had a gun in his/her backpack. Campus police and administration immediately searched the student’s backpack and discovered the object that was supposedly a gun, was not a weapon. There was no gun. Nonetheless, the incident required additional investigation including transporting the student in question home and meeting with his/her parent(s).

Use of the Dante networking platform in the COVID era has enabled safe social distancing for SFA Sound Recording Technology students while still providing them with real-life studio experiences with a more robust digital production.

March 6, 2021 - Josh Tipton, Constable Precinct 5, reports the arrest of a man selling narcotics out of a church property in Precinct 5.

Constable Tipton states an individual was without a place to live and the church allowed him to stay on their property in a building at that location.

Unbeknownst to the church congregation, narcotics were being sold from the church building where the man was staying.

March 5, 2021 Update: Auroconcepts anticipates it will have vaccines still available after it has given all of the vaccines to those who had an appointment. At 4:45pm today at the John D. Windham Civic Center, vaccines will be available on a first come first serve basis for health care workers, people 65 and older and those with medical conditions that put them at greater risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, teachers, school and child care personnel.