Longtime resident Barnett “Barney” Moore passed away Sunday, March 15.

DeWine announced a three-week shutdown Thursday afternoon, March 12, with the closure to begin at the end of the school day Monday, March 16, and students set to return to class Monday, April 6.

Village leaders struck a tone of concern and hopefulness in the face of the coronavirus outbreak as they updated the community on their responses to the crisis at a “virtual town hall” on Monday, March 16.

First emerging in China in December, coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, has now spread worldwide.

In a series of rapid developments that took place hours before the Ohio presidential primary, in-person voting in the state was off, then on, then off again.

It’s already become a ritual: each day at 2 p.m., give or take, Gov. Mike DeWine holds a live-streamed press briefing at the statehouse in Columbus, updating Ohioans on the status of the spread of COVID-19 and the state’s response.

Villagers are stocking up and staying home as the impact of the global COVID-19 outbreak starts to be felt here, even without a confirmed local case of the disease.

The McKinney Middle School Power of the Pen writers won several awards at the district tournament in January.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has asked his cabinet members to trim up to 20% off of their budgets immediately, he said at the March 23 briefing.

On Monday, March 22, the YS Police Department sent out an alert via Hyperreach, reminding all villagers to lock their cars after a string of cars were rifled through on Sunday night.