By John Estridge from commissioners meeting and ISDH numbers On Tuesday morning, September 22, Franklin County Commission President Tom Linkel read an update of numbers concerning COVID-19 in Franklin County. Linkel said the number of positive test results in the county stands at 303. Of those, 24 have recovered, 34 are being monitored and seven …
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Franklin County has two more COVID-19 positive test results
By John Estridge from ISDH data Some of these total numbers don’t jive with Sunday’s totals, but the state usually houses all the experts. Sunday’s COVID-19 test results total was 294. The state said Franklin County had an additional two reported for Monday, September 21 report and now the total is 299. It could be …
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Franklin County’s COVID-19positive test results increase by four to 294
By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County’s number of positive COVID-19 tests increased by four, according to the ISDH numbers for Sunday, September 20. That brings the county’s total number of positive tests to 294 through September 17. There were no further deaths in the three-county area of the Whitewater Valley: Franklin, Fayette and …
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Fayette County has five more COVID-19 positive test results and Union County has one more
By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County again led the Whitewater Valley’s three counties with five more COVID positive test results, bringing that county’s total to 417. There were no new COVID-19-related deaths reported, meaning Franklin County’s total remains at 25, Fayette County has 13 and zero for Union County. Union County had an …
Fayette County reportedly has eight new COVID-19 positive test results
By John Estridge with ISDH’s reported numbers Editorial comment: I’m having a cynical day regarding COVID-19 official numbers. According to Indiana State Department of Health numbers, Fayette County increased the most concerning the number of positive COVID-19 tests with an additional eight, making that total number 412. The good news is today, like several days …
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UC school board members, administration talk about the success of the re-entry program
By John Estridge Union County/College Corner Joint School District Superintendent Aron Borowiak said while two students and two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of school, the school system’s reentry program is going smoothly. He said it is actually beyond the reentry plan at this time, as school has been in …
COVID-19 positive test results show an increase of three in Fayette County, two in Franklin and one in Union
By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County apparently still has not had all of its COVID-19 positive test results counted as its number increased by just two in the Thursday, September 17 update from the Indiana State Department of Health. On Tuesday, September 15, it was announced by the Franklin County Community School Corporation …
Franklin County’s number of positive COVID-19 test results on ISDH site reported through September 13
By John Estridge from ISDH data Apparently, positive COVID-19 test results are delayed getting to the Indiana State Department of Health. Franklin County High School is closed Wednesday, September 16, as six students tested positive and more than 150 students were placed in quarantine. This prompted the high school to go on a hybrid scheduling …
Six positive student COVID-19 test results and more than 150 students on quarantine cause FCHS to adopt hybrid schedule
By John Estridge Franklin County High School has six students who have tested positive, causing more than 150 students to be placed on quarantine. According to what Franklin County Community School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Debbie Howell reported on enrollment at the school board meeting Monday night, September 14, there are 726 high school students, with …
Positive COVID-19 tests temporarily shut down football, girls soccer at FCHS
By John Estridge COVID-19 is an ever-changing opponent, and apparently Franklin County High School athletics is learning about that. Due to close contact with a person who tested positive for the virus the Wildcat football team has canceled its next two games: at home against Lawrenceburg Friday night, September 18, and at Greensburg, next Friday …
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