The Rhodes State Police Academy is accepting applications for its Fall full-time Academy.
Academy classes are scheduled to begin on Monday, Aug. 17, and will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday with some Saturday and Sunday sessions ending in mid-January.
Students interested in joining the Academy must first pass a physical fitness test. Please email inquiry to Bill Joseph at [email protected] to schedule this initial physical fitness test. Once the fitness test is passed, then students can begin the formal registration process with Rhodes State.
The way Ada votes may be different in November than in previous general elections.
Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose, said today that Ohio needs to take the application process for mail-in ballots online, agree to pay postage on return applications and ballots and make other voting-law changes in order to assure a smooth presidential election in November.
LaRose’s proposed changes would:
• Allow online requests for a vote-by-mail ballot, rather than requiring a form to be printed off from the internet or requested by phone;
In honor of the lives of those killed and injured and those whose lives were forever altered by the tragedy of May 4, 1970, at Kent State University, Governor DeWine ordered that all United States and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff upon all state-owned buildings throughout the state and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes Tower, at 12:24 p.m, until sunset.
Area Agency on Aging 3 seeks volunteers are invited to make calls or receive calls from isolated senior adults. Contact the agency at 800-653-7723 for details.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy Acton, MD, MPH, this week provided the following updates on Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PPE DELIVERY:
Governor DeWine announced that the state of Ohio has shipped 4.1 million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to local emergency management agencies (EMA) across Ohio.
Although this is not the first shipment of PPE, this is the largest one-time distribution of PPE from the state of Ohio to the local EMAs in Ohio history.
Written by Dr. Amy Acton, M.D., director of the Ohio Department of Health, the document spells out the rules for Ohioans to adhere as the Buckeye State tiptoes to a reopening.
The entire document is attached at the bottom of this story.
Among areas of special interest to Ohioans is a list of closed businesses and operations. Also listed are dates of re-openings set other businesses and services. Among businesses and institutions to remain closed include schools.
One of the much-debated subjects addressed includes wearing of masks (see section 8 for guidelines).
