Gregg County Issues Mandatory Shelter in Place

GREGG COUNTY — On Thursday, Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt told KTBB the intent behind issuing a mandatory shelter in place is to bring awareness and flatten that coranaviurs curve, and the only way to do it, is to quit gathering in large crowds.” Longview Public Information Officer Shawn Hara told KTBB originally they left the decision totally up to individuals, but if we get some of these returns back and we see we have these positive cases for sure then we are going to go to that mandatory. So, that’s what they did, because the very next day, we had two more confirmed cases.” Stoudt continued, “we are not trying to stop commerce, we want you to work if necessary, we want you to go and get your groceries, but don’t take the whole family to the store. This is a serious issue.” The mandate begins at 11:59 p.m Thursday night.