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Local covid-19 patients tell their stories
To say that the covid-19 pandemic has been strange would be an understatement. The economic ramifications have been immense as tens of millions of Americans have filed for unemployment. Schools across the nation were forced to close and switch to virtual learning for half of the spring semester.
Justice served! Courts utilize technology to continue business
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly strained our economic, social, political and religious institutions. But there is one institution that might not come to mind: the court system. Our society relies on the court system to resolve civil disputes and prosecute criminal behavior. The need for a court system does …
Education in 2020: A new way of learning
While senior Kaylee Mason is up at 6 a.m. getting ready to leave for school at 7 a.m., senior Faith Wentz is still sleeping in until she wakes up at around 9:30 a.m. to do her online school work. Whether kids are a virtual or blended student this year, the …
Crucial summer feeding program working overtime during pandemic
Because of the global outbreak of COVID-19, families across the world and within our community have been in great need. Schools sent children home and various jobs have laid-off workers.
Councilmember, wife recovering from virus, slowly
About two and a half months ago, Lee Henson and his wife were finally getting over the main symptoms of their battle with covid-19. And even though it's been months, Henson said his wife still isn't completely over it.
The Spanish Flu in Grant County
Does anyone remember the flu outbreak in Grant County in February 2020? How about the coronavirus outbreak that keeps making news headlines? As it turns out, diseases have been spreading since the beginning of time. Any outbreak of an infectious disease can be frightening, especially those that take the lives …
SSD Introduces YJNation Connect
COVID-19 has shut down all public schools in the state of Arkansas and has made the traditional classroom a now online amenity. In communities like Sheridan and surrounding areas, reliable at-home internet is a high commodity that not everyone has access to.According to Broadbandnow.com, more than half a million Arkansans …
Sheridan schools moves quickly to embrace technology amid virus interruption
In short order, the Sheridan School District has used technology to overcome difficult educational obstacles as it moves to ensure teaching is still ongoing in the face of the coronavirus threat.
Doctoring happening in parking lots, on computers, with phones
The prefix "tele" has been around for close to two centuries, but combined with the root word "medicine" and you have described something that just got started last week in Sheridan.Like so many accommodations people are making today, the push for a better way to get medical care to patients …
Local churches adjusting to coronavirus threat
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically changed the everyday lives of millions of Americans. Schools are closing for the rest of the semester, stores are changing their hours and procedures, state and local governments are enforcing quarantines, and, according to the Department of Labor, unemployment claims skyrocketed to 3.3 million …
Sheridan's 'Masked Crusaders' sewing for a cause
It's no secret that COVID-19 has suddenly shifted our way of life. While at first "social distancing" didn't sound too bad, now more than a week into it, our "house parties" have become epicenters for fear and uncertainty. Sitting at home you may feel like your hands are tied, and …
Businesses adjusting to new coronavirus world
Sterrett Ford's birthday was one he will never forget. Ford, who works at the family restaurant, Uncle Henry's Barbecue, turned 25 on March 12th. But there wasn't much to celebrate that day. "My birthday was the day that everything went wrong," Ford recalled. "It was announced that there were several …
Community pulls together; food to be available for students during virus outage
Last week, the state closed schools in Grant County and three other counties to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus.Attempting to fix that problem, however, created another because when schools are closed, students who depend on getting a meal while there are suddenly going to be going without.
Schools close, folks hunker down
On Wednesday, March 11, the first coronavirus patient was announced - and the person was in isolation in Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. That was enough for Gov. Asa Hutchinson to declare a public-health emergency.
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