Officials hear update on local senior citizens issues

Hill County officials held their monthly meeting Wednesday, where they discussed a variety of county needs ranging from use of American Rescue Plan Act funds to addressing elder abuse in the area to COVID-19 vaccinations.

Hill County Public Health Director Kim Berg, also the county health officer, said case numbers in the area are coming down but her department is still working on getting as much of the county vaccinated as possible.

Berg said the percentage of the eligible population with at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine was over 60 percent until the Pfizer vaccine was approved for c...