For days local parents of school-age children have anxiously waited for more information from school districts and law enorcement as threat after threat poured
May 12, 2021
For days local parents of school-age children have anxiously waited for more information from school districts and law enforcement as threat after threat poured in to disrupt the school day at one district, then another … then another. During that time, both school administration and law enforcement have done an outstanding job of keeping the public informed. Their calm, organized readiness has been wonderful to watch.
Systems put in place by the schools worked. Parents were informed quickly with automated texts, calls and social media posts that let them know what was happening and that their children were safe.
When the first threats came in last week, the training and relationship building between the schools and law enforcement were evident.
jpatterson@mariettatimes.com KADENA, Japan (May 3, 2021) Capt. Scott Hardy, Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa commanding officer, stands with Lt. Cmdr. Autumn Gibo, Regional Legal Services Office Western Pacific staff judge advocate, from Marietta, Oh., after her promotion ceremony at CFAO on Kadena Air Base Okinawa, Japan May 3, 2021. T(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum) KADENA, Japan (May 3, 2021) Capt. Scott Hardy, Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa commanding officer, puts the lieutenant commander rank on Lt. Cmdr. Autumn Gibo, Regional Legal Services Office Western Pacific staff judge advocate, from Marietta, Oh., during her promotion ceremony at CFAO on Kadena Air Base Okinawa, Japan May 3, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David R. Krigbaum)
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Photo by Janelle Patterson
Coronavirus reported case counts including daily testing results, hospital capacity data, death reports and reports of hospital diversion triggers have placed more southeast Ohio counties in the red for emergency advisory according to the Ohio Department of Health.
According to Thursday’s Ohio Disease Reporting System data, 41 Washington County residents who have been diagnosed with coronavirus have also died, though only 31 deaths are logged as due to the virus and two are logged as probably due to the virus on the county map dashboard produced by the Ohio Department of Health.
Washington County and Noble County were designated Level 3: Red, on the state public health advisory system, too, Thursday, for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.