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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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