From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 148

• Yellow Springs Schools— Reopening plan in flux

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 22, 2020

  

  With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread in our community and region, and the 2020–21 school year scheduled to begin in a mere six weeks, uncertainty and worry seem to be the overwhelming feelings among many families considering educational choices for their children.

• New processor license for Cresco Labs

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Cresco Labs learned in June that it had been awarded a provisional processor license under Ohio’s medical marijuana program.

• Institutions adapt to COVID-19

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The News spoke with leaders at a variety of local institutions who are adapting to a new normal in the fifth month of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Yellow Springs Senior Center, Friends Care Community, Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center, Antioch College Wellness Center and the John Bryan Center/Youth Center.

• Black women amplified

  By YS News Staff

  

  “Empowering Black Women” was the theme of the most recent anti-racism rally, held Saturday, July 11.

• Greene County Jail— Avoiding a COVID outbreak

  By Audrey HackettJuly 17, 2020

  

  In late May, an inmate transferred to state prison from Greene County Jail was tested by the state for COVID-19 and found positive. The individual hadn’t displayed any symptoms, and had a normal temperature upon leaving the county jail, according to jail administrator Major Kirk Keller this week. Keller asked the state to re-test the inmate, but the state declined.

• Fossils fuel new local shop

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 16, 2020

  

  Rock Around the Clark is located at 108 Dayton St., Suite L, upstairs. Hours are Wednesday–Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; Saturday, noon –7 p.m.; and Sunday, noon–4 p.m. Masks are required inside the store. For more information, visit rockaroundtheclark.com.

• Youth take lead in challenging racism

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 9, 2020

  

  For many local teens and young adults in their early 20s, the accumulating deaths feel personal. Young people of color see themselves and their families being treated differently, and they feel under threat within the national culture; while their young white allies see disparities in privilege and safety that negatively affect the lives of their Black peers.

• COVID–19 update— After Ohio restart, virus is spreading again

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The trend holds true for Greene County, which saw its per capita case rate more than double over the last month, even as the county remains relatively better off than the rest of the state and country. As of July 6, there were 99 active COVID-19 cases in Greene County, up from 58 on June 18.

• Antioch cuts $2.5M; jobs lost

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Amid ongoing financial challenges worsened by COVID-19, Antioch College seems — perhaps against the odds — determined to survive.

• Parade canceled after alleged KKK protest threat

  By Megan Bachman

  

  All the organizers interviewed this week also said the decision was influenced by the voicemail from a man purporting to be affiliated with the KKK, a notorious hate group with a long history of violence against Black people.