After selecting blended learning or remote learning with your child’s school, what’s next? Coordinate device pickup for each child, check. Figure out how to work Google classroom, check. Buy masks and water bottles for each kid, check. Map out the days they’re in the building and ...
The Mid-Ohio Valley Players returns with is next presentation of social distance theater at 7 p.m. with the WMOVP Radio Theatre and a segment from the “Life of Riley.” The troupe will present the episode “The Rileys’ First Date” on the Zoom platform. Vanessa Rake portrays the young ...
All children in Ohio over the age of 2 years, will be required this school year to wear a mask or facial covering in all K-12 schools in the state. “The schools are making decisions and parents are making decisions about how to go back to school and I know that there is a great deal of ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education Tuesday approved the purchase of face masks and water bottle refilling stations in anticipation of the 2020-21 school year. The purchases are to help students and staff remain safe while attending in-person classes this fall during the ...
Out-of-state travel may have fallen off the 2020 vacation plans due to coronavirus, but as local museums continue scheduling tours with travelers coming from around Ohio, the need for volunteers has increased. “We’ve had a lot of (inquiries) from Ohio; Dayton, Akron, Cincinnati, ...
Two levies were considered in the Marietta City Schools Board of Education special meeting Thursday alongside a summary of public questions concerning the two approved-by-board-vote options for school return this fall. Questions answered by Superintendent Will Hampton: What happens to ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Day cares can return to normal staffing ratios, but county fairs will be reduced to junior fairs featuring livestock competitions for children and teens, without the usual rides, games and grandstand events, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Tuesday in his latest updates about ...
The Warren Local Board of Education set guidelines for reopening schools during its meeting Monday evening. The school year for Warren High and Warren Middle schools will start Aug. 27. The elementary school year will start Sept. 21, due to the construction of the new school. Superintendent ...
BELPRE - Belpre City Schools Superintendent Jeff Greenley says parents must weigh the pros and cons of in-person learning versus virtual school for their students as the district prepares to reopen at the end of August. Parents are asked to indicate by Aug. 3 whether their children will return ...
The River City Farmers Market is geared up for peak produce season for its debut this Saturday in downtown Marietta. “We are ready, we’re excited and think we have about four spots open if someone wants to join us for our opening day,” said Board Member Tom Fagan. “Last weekend we ...
Marietta City Schools Board of Education approved its coronavirus fall re-entry plan for students and staff Monday. “None of this is perfect, it’s the best we can do with what we know and what we have,” said Superintendent Will Hampton. Families will have two options per 9-week ...
BELPRE — Belpre City Schools held an online public forum Monday to discuss this fall’s reopening plans. The planned opening on Aug. 24 will follow numerous state and federal guidelines to help minimize the spread of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus. Superintendent Jeff Greenley led ...
CHARLESTON — After being halted, allowed to resume, and halted again, Gov. Jim Justice announced plans Monday to help state fairs and festivals shuttered due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. “It is essential that we preserve our arts and expand our arts, because that is who we are,” ...
The spring of 2020 was unlike any semester for school districts around the country. And while plans for the upcoming school year are still in flux, many expect the return to classes to be just as different as educators deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and experience gleaned from an ...
By Ogden Newspapers In April, Ogden Newspapers reached out to a plethora of businesses around the country to hear their stories about how they were coping with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some expressed concern over if their business could survive without knowing what the future held, ...
Beginning Thursday at 6 p.m., all Ohio counties are under a mandatory mask order while out in public. Masks must be worn at all times when: At an indoor location that’s not a residence. Outdoors, when unable to keep 6-feet social distance from those not in your household. When waiting ...
PARKERSBURG —Wood County Schools is surveying area families to get a better estimate of possible virtual school enrollment this fall. Last week, officials said about 80 students were enrolled in the completely online program, but numbers were expected to increase as the school system ...
GRANTSVILLE — A local health care executive has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Stephen Whited, CEO of Minnie Hamilton Health System, is experiencing no symptoms, and will follow all protocols before returning to work. Earlier this month, Whited reported he was in contact with a ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Paddlefest Weekend, a three-day festival dedicated to people-powered watercraft, scheduled for Sept. 18-20 has been canceled. In addition, the Riverfest Sternwheel festival scheduled for the 18th and 19th at Point Park has also been cancelled. The decision ...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced today that Athens County, in southeast Ohio, is approaching the highest risk level for coronavirus. The county is rated as a Level 3: Red risk, but with a star on the state map indicating the county's caseload and outbreaks have the jurisdiction approaching ...