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• Schools adjust to closure

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 25, 2020

  

  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.

• Local leaders detail responses

  By Megan Bachman

  

  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.

• COVID-19 medical basics

  By Audrey Hackett

  

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

• Daily briefings from governor

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  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.

• Coronavirus fears reach village

  By Megan Bachman

  

  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.

• State to make spending cuts: Highlights from the governor’s March 23 briefing

  By Megan BachmanMarch 23, 2020

  

  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.

• Stay at home order; first Greene County case: Highlights from March 22 governor’s briefing

  By Audrey HackettMarch 22, 2020

  

  “Today is the day”: Ohioans ordered to stay at home; first confirmed COVID-19 case in Greene County; known cases statewide surge to 351.

• Confirmed cases rise to 247: Highlights from March 21 governor’s briefing

  By Audrey HackettMarch 21, 2020

  

  Strong words from Ohio officials as confirmed cases rise to 247 and the state orders closure of adult day services. Read more highlights from Gov. Mike DeWine’s March 21 press briefing.

• “It’s a marathon, not a sprint”: Highlights from the March 20 Yellow Springs virtual town hall

  By Megan Bachman

  

  During their tri-weekly virtual town hall, Yellow Springs and Miami Township leaders updated the community on the village’s evolving response to the coronavirus outbreak.

• First COVID-19 death in Ohio: Highlights from the governor’s March 20 briefing

  By Megan BachmanMarch 20, 2020

  

  Ohio has suffered its first COVID-19 fatality, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine shared at the start of his March 20 briefing.