By Sahar Chmais

Hays County Court at Law 3 Judge Daniel O’Brien has COVID-19, delaying his docket for the week.

Though it is unclear where O’Brien may have contracted the virus, on Thursday, Sept. 2, a prosecutor attended O’Brien’s court and later that evening tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple anonymous sources. The prosecutor was wearing a mask during court.

On June 1, Hays County Courts at Law resumed in-person court proceedings. While court has no mask m...