Emma Davis, Report for America Corps Member
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Parents voice mask opposition in Fredericktown
FREDERICKTOWN — Fredericktown superintendent Susan Hayward, with the assistance of district principals, offered a presentation on the district’s school mask policy at Tuesday’s board meeting before approximately 50 people. Meeting attendees included parents and relatives of students from various districts in Knox County spoke out in opposition to student mask mandates. Fredericktown Locals Schools began […]
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Ashland County Wildlife Conservation League concludes 2021 catfish tournaments
ASHLAND — A combination of chicken breast, cherry Kool-Aid and garlic drew in catfish at Ashland County Wildlife Conservation League’s fifth and final catfish tournament of the year on Saturday. “Smelly side of the pond catches the fish,” said Rodney Holsinger, one of the designated fish weighers. While fewer fish were caught at Saturday’s tournament […]
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More than half of Knox County’s school districts switch to mask mandates
CENTERBURG — One school building — Danville Middle/High School — out of all buildings in Knox County’s six school districts has remained with the mask-optional policy it has had in place since the school year began in August. All of the county’s districts began the school year approximately a month ago with mask-optional policies. Danville […]
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‘Complacency kills:’ farm injury, death prevention in north central Ohio
ASHLAND — Ohio is losing the future of the farming business because of preventable accidents, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation trustee Roger Baker said. Baker, district eight trustee representing Ashland, Medina, Summit and Wayne counties, gave his trustee report in August at the annual meeting of the Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District and Ashland Farm Bureau. […]
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Fredericktown mandates masks for teachers after risk of sub shortage
FREDERICKTOWN — The risk of a substitute teacher shortage led to Fredericktown Local Schools implementing a mask mandate for its staff, which took effect this week. “The trending data of our staff absences would have led to a potential sub shortage,” superintendent Susan Hayward wrote in an email to Knox Pages Tuesday. “Many staff were […]
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111 Fredericktown students/staff in quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure
FREDERICKTOWN — Fredericktown Local Schools has 111 students and staff in quarantine, a number that has increased by over 40 since Wednesday. Fredericktown has 16 active COVID-19 cases, as of Friday at 2 p.m., with 14 student cases and two staff cases. The district saw an increase in six COVID-19 cases between Wednesday and Thursday, […]