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This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. The teachers were fighting three enemies. The Monday fatigue that made the third graders yawn through their screens. The disturbances of the Wi-Fi that muffled conversations. […]

MANSFIELD — You would think thousands of visitors coming to Central Park each night would be a blessing. Not if they are crows roosting in trees — leaving behind a gross, sticky coating of fecal matter that covers historical monuments, benches, artwork and sidewalks. It’s a literal nighttime aerial assault on the center of the […]

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. Wilma Mayfield used to visit a senior center in Durham, North Carolina, four days a week and attend Lincoln Memorial Baptist Church on Sundays, a ritual […]

MANSFIELD ─ The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing restaurants to evolve ─ approaching customers differently and taking better care of employees. Hudson and Essex has been taking different strategies to reach the community over the past year. As a fine dining restaurant that once relied on in-house dining, it is trying to provide customers the same […]

MANSFIELD — More than 2,000 Richland County students are enrolled in fully online learning programs as a result of the pandemic, but many of them are struggling to keep up with their peers.  Richland County’s learning pod program is seeking to provide online students the support they need to get back on track. “Youth and parents […]

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. On a Saturday in late October, Carolyn Phinney stands hip-deep in a half acre of vegetables, at the nucleus of what will one day be 15 […]

RHODE ISLAND — Bradly Widener was working as a manager at one of the nation’s most respected regional theaters when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. He and his co-workers were furloughed.  Boredom crept in quickly, so Widener decided to try something different. So, he became a substitute teacher. “I’m not the person to sit around all […]

COLUMBUS — If you want to become a substitute teacher in Richland County, you may be able to do so with an associate’s degree rather than a bachelor’s degree during the 2020-2021 school year. Following the passage of House Bill 409, local school boards have begun amending their policies to accept licensed substitutes with an […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was made available to Richland Source via a collaborative agreement with the Solutions Journalism Network. It was originally published on Jan. 12, 2021 by Pew. Worried that the four Virginia restaurants she runs were headed for disaster during the pandemic, Sarah White branched out. The neighborhood restaurants, which serve casual-style foods […]