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Brown Secures Commitment from VA to Move Forward on Dayton VA History Center
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) pressed Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Robert Wilkie on key issues impacting Ohio veterans during a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing.… Read full story
Bats are a critical part of our ecosystem and an important component of the agricultural economy. As the main predator of night-flying insects in Ohio, bats keep insect populations in check and reduce impacts on humans. Unfortunately, bat numbers have drastically declined over the last few years because of habitat loss, wind energy development, and White-nose Syndrome (WNS).… Read full story
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Mar 28, 2019
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
A complainant located a syringe on the side of McGibney Road in Mount Vernon. The syringe was collected and disposed of on March 27th, 2019.… Read full story
(HAMILTON, Ohio) — A Hamilton man who dumped hundreds of scrap tires illegally at an abandoned home and its surrounding property will spend the next two years in prison, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.
… Read full story“This house was completely trashed with tires stacked to the ceiling, stuffed in the shed and scattered across the yard,” Yost said.
Warrants were issued this week by the Mount Vernon Municipal Court for the arrest of the following individuals. If you have any pertinent information about someone on the list, please contact law enforcement. Thank you. #WeeklyWarrants
Pictured:
Mary Ann Dales
Patrick Banks
Harry Smith, Jr.… Read full story
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Mar 22, 2019
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
A complainant, of the 22000 block of Hopewell Road in Mount Vernon, advised that unknown person(s) entered a residence that is under construction between 5:00 PM March 19th, 2019 and 9:00 AM March 21st, 2019.… Read full story
Beginning Wednesday, March 27, SR 657 will be closed to traffic on the north side of Perry Road while ODOT crews work on replacing a culvert.
Detour: US 36 WB to SR 37 EB to US 62 EB and reverse
Estimated completion: Thursday, March 28, weather permitting
For more information contact: Morgan Overbey, Public Information Officer, at (740) 323-5204, or email D05.PIO@dot.state.oh.us… Read full story
Early stage trial opens at Clinical Center.
A clinical trial of an experimental drug designed to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) has begun in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. The Phase I trial in healthy adults will assess the safety of the experimental compound, ANS-6637, and how it is processed in the body when given with another drug that is processed by the same liver enzyme pathway.… Read full story
The following is a list of streets to be swept. The Street Department is asking for cooperation from residents in having their automobiles moved on the day their street is scheduled for sweeping. Next week’s schedule is as follows:
NOTE: This schedule is subject to change or cancellation.… Read full story
Technique could aid early detection and treatment of certain eye diseases.
Cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) form unique patterns that can be used to track changes in this important layer of tissue in the back of the eye, researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have found.… Read full story