COVID-19 is driving the bus with respect to summer school again this year. In the past, the Warren County School District’s summer school programs were mostly intended to help students who failed a course get back up to speed. For a few years, some students have taken classes in the summer ...
Warren’s softball team will be out for 10 days due to a COVID-19 quarantine. The Dragons last played Saturday when they won 11-0 in DuBois. Jeff White, high school athletic director, sent out an email Tuesday afternoon explaining that Warren’s upcoming schedule has been altered due to a “COVID issue.” The Dragons’ game scheduled for Tuesday at home against Conneaut was postponed until Saturday, May 8 at 5 p.m. because SAT tests are scheduled for earlier that day. Thursday’s game against Villa Maria was postponed until Monday, May 11 at 4 p.m. and will likely be a ...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) helped workers who had to miss work as a result of COVID-19. But, it also made some workers have to make tough choices. Warren County School District employees who receive retirement benefits from the Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) had to decide whether to use FFCRA days or regular sick days. There are limits on the number of days teachers can miss in a school year and have it count as a full year for retirement purposes. Sick days do not count against that number. On the flip side, employees receive ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside ...
The number of new COVID-19 cases per day in Warren County remains elevated, compared to March, but nothing close to the counts from December. There have been less than eight new cases per day on average — 180 cases over 23 days — in April and about six per day over the past week, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. A few days when the results were unusually high have brought the average up. There have been five days this month with more than 10 new cases, including one of over 20. In all, 2,464 county residents have contracted COVID. According to the ...
Legislative Republicans want to have a greater say in state regulations — something legislative Democrats view as a power grab against the one branch of power not controlled by the GOP. Earlier this week, Republicans in the state House of Representatives’ State Government Committee approved two regulatory review bills. “As Pennsylvania’s small businesses rebuild following the Wolf administration’s business closures last year, it is imperative they aren’t hindered by unnecessary government regulations,” said Seth Grove, R-Dover and committee chairman. “During the ...
