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• Prisons hit hard by COVID-19

  By Carol SimmonsMay 7, 2020

  

  The high number of COVID-19 cases being reported in the state’s prisons is of grave concern for Yellow Springs residents who volunteer in area facilities or have family members who are incarcerated.

• Ohio’s new ‘stay safe’ order

  By Audrey HackettMay 6, 2020

  

  Ohio’s stay-at-home order expired on May 1. That morning, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a new order, called Stay Safe Ohio, to replace the previous directive that Ohioans shelter in place in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

• YSDC accepts loan funds, eyes township property

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The new local economic development group accepted $35,000 from the Village to seed a revolving loan fund. It discussed an ongoing effort to look at siting a K-12 school facility on the Antioch College campus. And, in a closed session, it considered a counter-offer to purchase a Township property, the soon-to-be-vacated fire station on Corry Street, to resell for economic development.

• Village Council— Village projects revenue loss

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs is planning for a possible loss of $320,000 in tax revenue due to the COVID-19 crisis and its related economic impacts.

• Yellow Springs Schools— No early end to academic year

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Terri Holden announced Friday, April 24, that despite the district’s hopes to end the school year two weeks early, after students reach the minimum instructional hours required by the state, distance learning will continue through the district’s originally scheduled final day, May 29.

• Phased restart of Ohio’s economy

  By Audrey HackettApril 30, 2020

  

  Gov. Mike DeWine announced a phased restart of the Ohio economy at his Monday, April 27, briefing, the first specifics offered after an earlier announcement that Ohio would begin to reopen May 1.

• A tribute to YSHS 2020 senior athletes: tennis

  By Megan Bachman

  

  This tennis season, featuring a team with depth and natural talent in abundance, would have been “one for the storybooks,” according to Coach Stacey Knemeyer this week.

• Kathryn (Ann) Holly

  By YS News Staff

  

  Kathryn (Ann) Holly passed away peacefully at Fox Run Senior Living in Fairborn on April 25, 2020. She was 89.

• Alice Rutledge McKinney

  By YS News Staff

  

  Alice Rutledge McKinney, 91, passed away of natural causes on March 19, 2020, in Eugene, Ore., after a long, exceptional life.

• Pandemic stressors affect mental health

  By Carol Simmons

  

  The current medical crisis of COVID-19, while physical in nature, affects our mental health, whether we contract the virus or not.