Ray Horner Show

No couch required (unless it's your own), as psychological counseling sessions go virtual during the pandemic.

Akron-Canton Airport CEO, Ren Camacho talks about plans to use $1 million in state and local funding to lure Delta Airlines back to Akron.

Amazon is hiring 15 hundred full time, plus more part time and seasonal help in Akron, at their new distribution center on Romig Road.

Summit County Community Partnership Director of Government Relations talks about Project Deterra, drug takeback day, and virtual celebration of project that gives out pouches for safely disposing of prescription drugs.

Overdoses down, suicide up, pandemic, addiction, latest in Summit County.

OU study-deaths of despair-overdoses, suicide, alcohol-Ohio, where, why, over ten years.

Metro RTA trying to bring back riders after a 50% drop during the pandemic.

The mayor of Akron joins WAKR once a week or so to touch on the various issues and questions facing the citizens. One of those questions, with a big election coming up, is the need for extra security at the polls.

Dan Horrigan assured the listeners there won’t be any problems for voters on and before election, as mentioned on the Ray Horner Morning Show. Though he personally is not on the ballot this year, a few charter amendments will be, which he discussed in depth in the interview.

The mayor also mentioned how some projects and quality-of-life areas were scaled back in 2020, the cost of city services, and working with the state government for additional stimulus.

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are up across the board, from the counties and communities in the state of Ohio throughout the rest of the United States. In fact, a record 216 hospitalizations occurred in one day in Ohio, the highest since the pandemic began.

Jim Krasula of CBS News has followed the coronavirus pandemic since the get-go, and he joined the Ray Horner Morning Show to give a national look at this new spread. Krasula believes the factors for the increase range from formal to informal gatherings to people letting their guards down. He mentioned Dr. Anthony Fauci’s suggestion of virtual options for the holidays this year.

The award-winning CBS News correspondent also talked about the continued travel restrictions in some areas, and the possibility of another lockdown.

Talks are continuing inside the halls of Akron Public Schools about the potential for a blended education. If those talks and everything else go to plan, November 9th will be the first day.

David James, the soon-to-be-retiring superintendent at Akron Public Schools, joined the Ray Horner Morning Show to preview what a blended education may look like. If implemented, student bodies will be split in half due to classroom space for social distancing, where half will go into the building Monday and Wednesday, with the other half attending Tuesday and Thursday.

The school board will hold another meeting on Monday to see where everyone is at, as well as the direction the county is in with coronavirus cases. James also discussed the feedback he has received from the parents and faculty on the scholastic year thus far.