David L. Black
David L. Black, age 70 of North Star, Ohio passed away at 7:51 PM Monday February 7, 2022 in the emergency room of Wayne HealthCare...
Lois J. Stevens
Lois J. Stevens age 94 of Oakley Place, Greenville, Ohio passed away at 1:48 AM Thursday February 3, 2022 in Greenville. Lois was born July...
DCCA Coffee House Show Promises Tuneful Fun
Darke County Center for the Arts Coffee House Series will resume Thursday, February 24 at Union City's Arts Depot with Heartland Productions' high energy musical...
The Health of Our Education System Is Revealed By How It Treats Its Teachers
From EdSurge By Sean Slade Jan 27, 2022 My last article, about how teacher care is more than self care, was the most read on...
Secretary of Education Envisions Solutions that are Low-Tech, High-Touch
From EdSurge By Rebecca Koenig Jan 27, 2022 The future for students, educators and institutions that U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona outlined in a...
Dale Frederick Hittle, Jr.
Dale Frederick Hittle, Jr., 66, of Brookville, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at his home.He was born on February 10, 1955,...
Chad Howell
Chad Howell, 51, of Union City, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 4, 2022, at his home. He was born on May 28, 1970, in...
Suspect arrested for attempted extortion
On February 4, 2022 at 12:35 pm, the Darke County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an attempt to extort money from a Darke County...
College completion rates inch up to 62.2%, their highest level yet
From Higher Ed Dive By Natalie Schwartz Feb. 3, 2022 Dive Brief: The six-year completion rate for undergraduate students who started college in 2015 reached...
Educator’s View: 3 Tips for Transforming Students from Consumers of Education Technology into Creators
From The 74 By Kevin Rickard March will mark two years since schools had to switch to remote learning, district leaders frantically bought education tech...
Some families are being forced to choose between remote learning and school meals
From NPR By Cory Turner February 2, 2022 Joel Barron, a mother of two in Minnetonka, Minn., has a question for policymakers: “Will you look...
Ralph L. Bierly, Jr.
Ralph L. Bierly, Jr., 75, of Greenville, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.He was born...
Richard (Dick) O’Brien
Richard (Dick) O’Brien, age 76 of Greenville, Ohio passed away Wednesday December 8, 2021 at the EverHeart Hospice Care Center in Greenville. Dick was born...
Pandemic spurs state investment in community school model
From K-12 Dive By Naaz Modan Feb. 1, 2022 Dive Brief: The pandemic has led to increased interest from districts in community schools, a model...
COVID-19 testing in schools: Double-down or phase it out?
The logistical and financial burdens of school-managed testing are worth it if it keeps students learning in classrooms, some education stakeholders say. From K-12 Dive...