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NIH and Iowa researchers shed light on molecular mechanisms of inherited form of human deafness.
A small-molecule drug is the first to preserve hearing in a mouse model of an inherited form of progressive human deafness, report investigators at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).… Read full story
The Knox County Health Department will provide spraying for mosquitoes this week on the following date and location:
Thursday, June 28 Mount Vernon South
If the spraying is cancelled due to inclement weather, this will be rescheduled. Spraying will take place after 8 p.m.… Read full story
KCH would like to thank the Congregation of the Gay Street United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon for their generous gift of beautiful fleece blankets!
“The blankets are given to little kids that are either really sick and our trauma patients which are being transferred.
Mount Vernon Police Register – Jun 28, 2018
(Information courtesy of The Mount Vernon Police Department)
Jeffrey Moore, 55, of Mount Vernon,
was cited for driving under OVI or ALS suspension on June 25th, 2018.
David Cornell, 43, of Mount Vernon,
was charged with criminal trespass on June 25th, 2018.… Read full story
Download production-quality video of Senator Brown’s remarks HERE.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the Senate floor this week, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) outlined legislation to help grow Ohio’s economy and make hard work pay off for Ohio families.
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Jun 28, 2018
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
Deputies were dispatched to the 5000 block of Vess Road in Glenmont on the advice of probation that Daren L Bush was back at the property and needed to be arrested on June 27th, 2018.… Read full story
Armstrong Air & Space Museum will be here tomorrow!!! Thursday, June 28th at 1:30 pm. They will be helping us understand the sounds of Earth and Space. We’ll also be exploring Boomwhackers. This event is free for all ages so please come and join us in the meeting room upstairs!… Read full story
Join the Knox County Park District for our butterfly monitoring project on Friday, June 29 at noon. Each week, park district interns and Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalists conduct a butterfly population survey as they stroll through the various habitats of Honey Run Highlands.… Read full story
Senator’s Bipartisan Bill Establishing Federal Task Force Headed to President’s Desk for Signature
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a news conference call as his bipartisan bill to support grandparents now raising children in light of the opioid epidemic is headed to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.… Read full story
Young women with high body fat have a decreased chance of developing breast cancer before menopause, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators. The finding, published online in the journal JAMA Oncology, may help researchers better understand the role obesity plays in breast cancer risk.… Read full story