Stepping in to assist is a new local volunteer committee organized around housing issues. Their goal? That no one loses their home because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A day after Greene County Public Health reported its second death from COVID-19, the health department reclassified the death as not related to COVID-19.

Face masks in use for at least a year. An “army” of amateur epidemiologists mobilized to trace cases. Widespread and rapid testing to see who has — and who had — COVID-19.Those are a few aspects of the State of Ohio’s plan to start opening up businesses and schools following the coronavirus pandemic.

Social distancing is working, state officials have emphasized at press briefings in recent days. But Ohioans should continue to stay at home to make sure the projections of a dramatically “flattened curve” come to pass, they say. 

On Tuesday, April 7, local authorities were informed of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the village.

Attorneys at the Dayton office of Advocates for Legal Equality, or ABLE, have put together a website as a resource for tenants during the coronavirus crisis.

In the latest effort to identify — and meet — local needs during the coronavirus crisis, local leaders are empowering 31 neighborhood block contacts throughout the village.

Ohioans are traveling and buying less, while visiting parks more, new data released by the state suggests. Dr. Amy Acton presented some of the figures at the governor’s briefing on Saturday, April 4.

Earlier this week, the Village of Yellow Springs erected three electronic signs with public messaging at the gateways to town in an attempt to inform, and also deter visitors during the statewide “stay-at-home” order.

After a throng of tourists visited the prior week, some flaunting social distancing rules, the Village, Glen Helen and the Chamber are discouraging visitors.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ohio rose to 3,312, the Ohio Department of Health reported on Friday, April 3. Read more state and local updates after the jump.