County Commission encourages masks in public

Payne County Commissioners learned Monday that the county continues to see an increase in COVID-19 cases.

“The numbers are going up as expected,” said District 2 Commissioner Chris Reding. “When you do more testing, and the students coming back, you are going to have a spike.”

Reding said although COVID-19 numbers are rising, the county has no plans to roll back any openings.

He said the county remin…