Village Life Section :: Page 80

• Yellow Springs resident dies from COVID-19

  By Megan BachmanApril 24, 2020

  

  Village resident Matthew Huntington has died from COVID-19. Huntington, 50, died Saturday, April 18, at Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek, where he battled the disease for more than two weeks.

• COVID-19 news— When, and how, will Ohio open?

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The full plan will be released over the coming weeks, state officials said.

• Unemployment woes in village

  By Lauren ShowsApril 23, 2020

  

  Villagers reported varying levels of difficulty with the unemployment application process, with the process working more smoothly for some than others.

• 50 years on: Earth Day in Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanApril 22, 2020

  

  The News has invited some of our own prominent local environmentalists to reflect on the 50-year anniversary of Earth Day.

• Yellow Springs School District explores early end to school year

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Yellow Springs’ final day is currently set as May 29, with teachers’ last day scheduled June 1. But Superintendent Terri Holden would like to shorten the school year by two weeks and conclude the instructional year May 15.

• K-12 distance learning to continue until the end of the school year

  By Megan BachmanApril 20, 2020

  

  Ohio’s K-12 schools will remain closed and teaching continue remotely until the end of the school year, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Monday, April 20.

• Furloughs, pay cuts at Antioch

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Antioch College has enacted sweeping furloughs, hour reductions and pay cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

• Amid 693 case rise, path to reopen Ohio ‘by Ohioans, for Ohioans’

  By Audrey HackettApril 17, 2020

  

  Ohio saw 693 probable new cases of COVID-19 today, the highest rise to date, as Gov. Mike DeWine spoke in broad terms about a path to restarting Ohio. Greene County reported its second death from the illness.

• Governor says Ohio to begin reopening on May 1

  By Megan BachmanApril 16, 2020

  

  May 1 will be a “new phase” in the state of Ohio’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said at his daily briefing on Thursday, April 16.

• Help for local tenants, landlords

  By Megan Bachman

  

  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.