County gets additional funds in opioid settlement

Burleson County has received another payment in the ongoing opioid settlement agreement, this time for $5,290.

The county commissioners at their Monday, Dec. 9, meeting authorized County Judge Keith Schroeder to execute the agreement regarding a settlement offer from Kroger as part of the Texas opioid multidistrict litigation.

Burleson County is one of numerous counties in the multi-state litigation…