Articles About COVID-19 :: Page 23

• Making masks— Villagers stitch to save lives

  By Lauren ShowsApril 9, 2020

  

  Locally, sewing-machine-wielding villagers have beaten the CDC to the proverbial punch, having already mobilized a large effort to provide face masks for those in the community and surrounding areas who work daily in the village’s public eye.

• Ohio moves to mail-in voting

  By Audrey HackettApril 6, 2020

  

  Ohio primary voters have just over three weeks left to vote — by mail — in the extended primary election.

• Fear, hope, anxiety, gratitude— Villagers talk sheltering in place

  By Lauren ShowsApril 5, 2020

  

  As Ohio made its way through the second week of the governor’s mandate that all Ohioans “stay at home,” the News reached out to several villagers to find out how they’re navigating their lives under the order.

• Meeting need, block by block

  By Megan Bachman

  

  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.

• Schools closed through May 1

  By Carol SimmonsApril 4, 2020

  

  Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday, March 30, that he has ordered the continued closure of all kindergarten through 12th-grade schools until at least May 1.

• How Ohioans are changing their behavior after the stay-at-home order

  By Megan Bachman

  

  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.

• New message for visitors: stay home

  By Megan Bachman

  

  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.

• State and local update: Nine confirmed cases in Greene County, 3,312 statewide

  By Megan BachmanApril 3, 2020

  

  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.

• Ohio hospitals prepare for surge

  By Audrey HackettApril 2, 2020

  

  Hospitals have been working for months to prepare for the spread of COVID-19 to Ohio, but efforts have intensified over the past couple of weeks.

• First COVID-19 death in Greene County reported

  By Megan BachmanMarch 30, 2020

  

  An 87-year-old Cedarville woman died from the novel coronavirus on March 26, according to a press release from the county health department.