News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
A blog about what is going on in the Whitewater Valley
By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana went over the quarter of a million mark for positive COVID-19 tests with the release of Sunday, November 15, numbers by the Indiana State Health Department. There were 6,844 positive test results reported in the state on Sunday, bringing the state’s total since March 6 to 251,597. Twenty-two …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data The good news about the numbers ISDH released about the COVID-19 situation in the Whitewater Valley and the state is there were no more COVID-19-related deaths in the Whitewater Valley. Other than that, the numbers are sobering to say the least. For the state, it was a new record …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data When looking at today’s numbers remember it is Friday the 13th in the year 2020. Indiana again has more than 5,000 positive test results, with Friday, November 13’s number at 5,708 for a grand total of 236,565 since mid March. Fifty people in Indiana died with what is believed …
By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana had another record breaking day while all three counties in the Whitewater Valley had elevated numbers of COVID-19 positive test results. There were 6,654 positive test results in the state bringing its total to 230,965. Also, the state compiled 51 deaths associated with COVID-19. The state’s total is …
By John Estridge Whitewater Career Center in Connersville is going to adapt the hybrid enrollment model. Parents received an email explaining the new schedule. Franklin County High School has been on the hybrid model for most of the school year while Fayette County School Corporation decided to adopt the hybrid model beginning Monday, November 16. …
From a letter to the parents and families of UCCCJSD students from the superintendent introduction by John Estridge Due to increased cases of COVID-19 and positive test results in Union County, which have caused increased absences at the Union County Middle School and the Union County High School in both students and staff, the students …
By John Estridge from ISDH data On Wednesday, November 11, Union County recorded its first COVID-19-related death, was designated as a red county and Indiana set a new one-day record in positive COVID-19 tests. According to the ISDH COVID-19 Dashboard, a county becomes designated as a red county if the weekly cases per 100,000 residents …
From the FCHS Athletics Office Boys Basketball vs. Milan is moved to February 16, 2021, with JV starting at 6 p.m.
By John Estridge Franklin County High School will stay on the hybrid teaching system through the end of the calendar year. That was decided in a 5-2 vote Monday night, November 9, at the Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees meeting. Board members Sharon Wesolowski and Terry Bryant voted against the continuation of …
From a FCHS Athletics Department press release Due to the COVID-19 surge, there have been changes to the Franklin County High School girls basketball schedule, and FCHS Athletics Director Denny Dorrel said people should remain flexible as there may be more. Some area schools have closed altogether. Others have suspended extracurricular activities. Some have done …