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Alabama
Montgomery: Summer school teachers in Montgomery Public Schools are getting a bump in pay. The district has increased teacher wages from $25 to $50 an hour to get more teachers in the classrooms to handle an increase of students this summer, WSFA-TV reported. Superintendent Ann Roy Moore and the school board also are looking ahead to the upcoming school year. They’re planning to go back to face-to-face learning full-time. “We found that children don’t do as well virtually in most cases as they do face-to-face with a nurturing teacher in that environment,” Moore said. She said that virtual learning will be used on an as-needed basis.
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Alabama
Montgomery: Summer school teachers in Montgomery Public Schools are getting a bump in pay. The district has increased teacher wages from $25 to $50 an hour to get more teachers in the classrooms to handle an increase of students this summer, WSFA-TV reported. Superintendent Ann Roy Moore and the school board also are looking ahead to the upcoming school year. They’re planning to go back to face-to-face learning full-time. “We found that children don’t do as well virtually in most cases as they do face-to-face with a nurturing teacher in that environment,” Moore said. She said that virtual learning will be used on an as-needed basis.
One man is dead and another injured following a head-on collision on Route 14, just north of Lake Rockwell Road, in Ravenna Township on Wednesday morning.
Sgt. Shaun Baskerville of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said that at about 8:25 a.m., a southeast-bound semi-truck was stopped in traffic waiting to turn left onto Lake Rockwell when a 2019 Chrysler 300 approaching from behind swerved to the left into oncoming traffic to avoid hitting the back of the truck and collided with a northwest bound 2007 Ford Focus.
Baskerville said the driver of the Ford Focus, 35-year-old Zachary P. Cochran, of Wellsville in Columbiana County, was pronounced dead at the scene and the Chrysler’s driver, identified as William A. Nagle, 81, of Twinsburg, was taken to University Hospitals Portage Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
35-year-old man dies in crash on State Route 14 A man died Wednesday morning in a crash near Streetsboro. By Avery Williams | March 3, 2021 at 12:28 PM EST - Updated March 3 at 1:40 PM
RAVENNA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - A man died Wednesday morning in a crash in Portage County, Streetsboro Fire Department announced on Facebook.
The crash occurred around 8:25 a.m. on State Route 14 near Lake Rockwell Road in Ravenna Township.
Zachary Cochran, 35, passed away after becoming trapped in his vehicle during a crash, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) and Streetsboro Fire Department.
Cochran, of Wellsville, was traveling in a 2007 Ford Focus when his vehicle was struck by a 2019 Chrysler 300, according to a press release from the OSHP.
Streetsboro ice rescue training provides life saving tips
Streetsboro ice rescue training provides life saving tips By Aria Janel | February 17, 2021 at 8:14 PM EST - Updated February 18 at 4:22 AM
STREETSBORO, Ohio (WOIO) - They jump into freezing water to save us when the ice beneath us breaks.
“Those suits they have thermal protection. they also have buoyancy,” said Lt. Eric Moss. “You see when the guys first get into the water it’s filled with all kinds of air. That’s what keeps you warm. That’s also what gets you floating.”
Lieutenant Eric Moss with the Streetsboro Fire Department lead an ice rescue training Wednesdays.