How the Coronavirus Pandemic Fed Baltimore’s Violent Crime Problem
As the wrath of the coronavirus persisted, so did the city’s vast collection of violent crimes, which couldn’t be curtailed by stay-at-home orders or contained by other restrictions.
The coronavirus crept into Baltimore in the middle of March, amid the city’s usual variety of carjackings, commercial break-ins, and wild not-so-west chaos. At first, it introduced itself as a temporary problem. The danger it posed seemed straightforward: contact with the virus could lead to death. Baltimore reacted to it by shutting the doors of its businesses. People made panicked purchases as they prepared to go into temporary hibernation. They were the locusts of their local grocery stores. First, they ransacked the fresh vegetables and frozen meat section. Afterward, they plowed through the bread aisle, the canned goods, and the paper products. Then, most of them hid from the deadly virus until they were tired of hiding fro
After teacher pay report, educators hope for more state action
12/26/20 7:36 AM
INDIANAPOLIS A report recently released on how to raise Indiana teacher pay has recommended a number of pathways both school corporations and the state government could take to increase salaries, but some educators say the recommendations place too much responsibility on corporations and not enough on the state.
The Next Level Teachers Compensation Commission, a panel tasked with finding ways to make Indiana teacher salaries more competitive, recommended a mix of cost savings and spending shifts to raise average teacher pay from $51,000 to at least $60,000.
The commission was formed by Gov. Eric Holcomb in February 2019 to look for long-term solutions to the state’s low pay for teachers; the raise would bring Indiana’s average teacher salary from ninth-highest to third-highest in the Midwest. The investment would cost more than $600 million.
Ronnie Mohr: ‘A positive role model for our community’
12/17/20 6:02 AM
GREENFIELD Hancock County Sheriff Brad Burkhart worked with Ronnie Mohr as a member of the sheriff’s department merit board, but that’s not where their relationship started. Growing up as a member of a farming family, Burkhart had known Mohr for most of his life.
“Everybody knows everybody in the farming community, it seems like,” Burkhart said.
When Burkhart’s father was dying of cancer in 2005, he and his brothers took over the operation of the family farm. The brothers were struggling to finish the year’s harvest while their father was in the hospital when Mohr stepped in.
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