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President-elect Joe Biden has designated an all-female senior White House press team, according to AP.

As the numbers come in for Black Friday, online sales records were smashed. Despite in-store sales being down 52 percent, online shopping came in at $9 billion.  $3.6 billion was spent on smartphones alone. 

Adobe Analytics, an e-commerce tracker, has posted numbers for Black Friday sales. Preliminary data indicates that Black Friday hit a new record for online spending over last year. In tracking online transactions for 80 of the 100 top retailers, consumers spent $9.0 billion over last year, a…

The Health Department announced this week that there are 159 active COVID-19 cases in Nolan County. 

President Donald Trump will not attend Rudy Giuliani's election fight event aimed at trying to discredit the 2020 election results.

Consumer spending was up a slight 0.5 percent as COVID continues to grip the retail market. It was the weakest showing since April when the pandemic first erupted. 

The Sweetwater Jaycees will be holding their Thanksgiving Day Feed on November 26. 

The Chamber of CommerceSweetwater and Nolan County will be hosting a ribbon cutting for a local business, T & M Imports on Wednesday, December 2 at 10 a.m.

Entries will be accepted from any resident of Taylor, Callahan, Fisher, Jones, Nolan & Shackelford Counties.

According to an Associated Press source, Joe Biden has picked former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to serve as treasury secretary.

According to the Sweetwater Nolan County Health Department, COVID cases are up from Wednesday, November 18, when it was 92 to Friday, November 20 where then current case count is 128.

Rep. Jodey Arrington, the Co-Chair of the bipartisan Ways and Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Task Force, recognized National Rural Health Day.

A Food Handlers Course by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Nolan County. Food Safety: It’s In Your Hands is scheduled for Tuesday, December 1 starting at 2 p.m. at the Extension office at 100 E 3rd., Suite 305 in the 3rd floor Conference Room.   

The Sweetwater Jaycees will be holding their Thanksgiving Day Feed on Thursday, November 26. 

Due to the rising cases of COVID-19, Roscoe ISD has decided to begin remote instruction for all students.

1,707 deaths were reported in one day on Tuesday, November 17. It is the highest death toll in six months. 

President Donald Trump has fired Christopher Krebs, the Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA) in the Department of Homeland Security. 

The animal shelter is closed to the public, until further notice. 

Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller announced that the U.S. will withdraw thousands of additional American troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by January 15, 2021, just 5 days before President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to take the Oath of Office.

President-Elect Joe Biden has selected two top long-time advisors for key roles and has named several others to senior posts.

Will Hancock has landed his dream job. The Texas State Technical College Computer Networking and Systems Administration student will begin working for Bangs ISD as an information technology specialist while completing his graduation requirements. He credits TSTC with helping him find the car…

The U.S. surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases on Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University. It was only six days prior that the country recorded 10 million cases. There were 1,266 deaths reported on Saturday alone.

On Thursday, November 12, the Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department  reported 71 active positive cases. By Friday, November 13, the Health Department updated that report with 10 additional cases, putting the current total at 81

A letter was sent home informing parents of Highland ISD students that a teacher at the school had lab-tested positive for COVID-19.

Sweetwater ISD participated in a food drive that saw over 5,100 items collected. 

It's hard to put it any more bluntly: "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised.”

The Pope has called Joe Biden to congratulate him on winning the U.S. election. Biden, a lifelong Roman Catholic, spoke by telephone to the Pope on Thursday. This phone call came, despite President Donald Trump's refusal to concede, claiming without evidence, that the election was stolen fro…

Central Florida is building the first aviation facility for flying cars, straight out of the Jetsons. The hub will be completed in five years in Orlando's Lake Nona area. The aircraft will take passengers from Orlando to Tampa and can run 185 miles on a one hour charge.

The Chamber, Sweetwater and Nolan County are presenting Sweetwater's Annual Parade of Lights on December 7 at 6:30 p.m.

On Monday, November 9, the Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department reported 40 active positive cases of COVID-19. Three days later, on Thursday, November 12, the Health Department reported 71 active positive cases. 

Sweetwater will be hosting the Texas DECA District 9 Competition. The Distributive Education Clubs of America (or DECA) is the High School Business organization that prepares students for success in their chosen career pathway. Volunteers are needed to judge submitted business proposals and …

Texas is the first state in the U.S. to have more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases.

The Lions Club will be having their Third Annual Feed the Need Thanksgiving food drive. Items that are needed: non-perishable food items (please no out of date items) gift cards from stores to buy turkeys, monetary donation welcome. Volunteers are also welcome.

The Chamber, Sweetwater and Nolan County will be holding a ribbon cutting for Polar Ice at 2015 Lamar Street on November 17 at 10 a.m.

After a few brush fires in our area, the Court has decided to reinstate the burn ban. 

President Donald J. Trump has fired Pentagon Chief Mark Esper.

The Kremlin has stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be congratulating President-Elect Joe Biden until legal questions on the election are resolved. 

The Election has been called.

City Council will meet in regular session to discuss appointments, ordinances and resolutions and other city business.