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The Talawanda Board of education meets in front of a virtual audience, and decides to start the school year online, when classes resume on Aug. 24.

Talawanda goes virtual the first nine weeks of 2020 school year

August 6, 2020

Talawanda Football ramps up preparation for fall season

By Massillon Myers

July 3, 2020

The path back to Friday Night Lights continues as the calendar turns to July. At Talawanda High School, Football Coach Larry Cox and his coaching staff have been following the protocols promoted by that COVID-19 pandemic that...

Janelle Rainey retires from Talawanda Schools after more than three decades of teaching children to read. One of her former students, John Roach, wished her well. <em>Photo provided by Janelle Rainey </em>

Reading teacher retires after 34 years in classroom

May 29, 2020

Talawanda athletes return to practice Monday

By Justin Klatsky

May 29, 2020

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced the return of high school athletics practices, which were permitted to resume May 26. For Talawanda, conditioning and non-contact training for high school athletes will begin this Mond...

The Talawanda High School hockey team wins the Southwest High School Hockey Championship this season. <em>Photo provided by Talawanda High School Hockey</em>

Talawanda hockey wins southwest championship

May 22, 2020

Francesca Deacon, left, a high school senior bound for the University of Kentucky, poses with friend Jordyn Aruri, who will attend The Ohio State University, before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted their senior year at Kings High School.<em> Photo provided by Katie Deacon</em>

High school seniorl unsatisfied and uncertain about future

May 22, 2020

Teacher Robin Fakes reminds her students of some key words in a reading comprehension video she posted online. <em>Photo by Leah Fakes</em><br>

Teachers finish year with new technology skills

May 15, 2020

Miami layoffs likely to impact City of Oxford’s budget

By Casey Brosokas

May 8, 2020

Pandemic related shutdowns of businesses have resulted in more than 26 million Americans filing for unemployment over the past few weeks. Miami University also is feeling a budgetary impact from coronavirus, laying off visiting pr...

Local Kiwanis club to help restock TOPSS pantry

By Paige Scott

May 1, 2020

Tuna fish, toilet paper and peanut butter are the three items most needed at the TOPSS food pantry in Oxford, according to the pantry staff.The Kiwanis Club of Oxford has taken on the task of helping to resupply TOPSS, (Talaw...

Miami and Oxford go virtual and wait for summer

By Paige Scott

April 17, 2020

Miami University classes are not the only thing that has gone virtual. As new students prepare to attend the university in the fall, the summer 2020 orientation has been moved online via Canvas, Miami's online learning platform. The...

Local school district honors Mike Davis with ‘respect ride’

April 17, 2020

Educators learn to adjust to remote teaching online

By Emma Hendy, Emma Kinghorn, and Halie Barger

April 10, 2020

With education moved to remote learning for the rest of the school year throughout much of the United States for students in kindergarten through college, teachers and students are learning to adjust to the “new normal.” As...