Comparing 2020 offenses (which include criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) with 2019 offenses shows an overall decrease in numbers. In 2020, 2485 offenses were reported, which is down 252 offenses compared to 2019, which had 2737 offenses. The numbers show a 9.21% decrease when comparing overall crime rates in 2019 to 2020.

From the pandemic to protests across the country to the presidential election, 2020 has been quite a busy year. One Ohio Northern assistant professor of history believes people are likely to hold on to some items that bring 2020 to mind, especially with as historic as this year has been.

In case you haven't seen it circling social media, there's something you should be doing with official documents this year to avoid any fraud. The Better Business Bureau is advising a particular practice for any legal documents such as checks, income taxes and more. While writing out the date you want to be sure not to abbreviate the year "2020." If you just write '20,' scammers could fill in the remaining two numbers to make documents look like "2019" or "2021." Troubles that could come would be a check cashed twice or any fraudulent legal issues. The BBB says this hasn't been seen yet but to be aware of.

Are you looking for ways to help your community? The U.S. Census Bureau is currently hiring temporary positions for the 2020 Census in our area. All 2020 Census jobs are temporary. The largest number of positions available are for census takers. Pay rates start at $14 - 19 per hour.