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Detectives are attempting to locate the owners of recovered stolen property. Some of the items have been matched to thefts from the Mount Vernon and western Knox County areas. For more information contact Mike, our property and evidence clerk at 740-399-3929.… Read full story
WASHINGTON, DC – The Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime, a division of the Office of Justice Programs, today announced a $3,863,606 Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program grant to assist victims of the 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.… Read full story
NIH-funded study highlights importance of emergency department-based interventions for mitigating suicide risk.
A new data analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health finds patients who visited the emergency department for an opioid overdose are 100 times more likely to die by drug overdose in the year after being discharged and 18 times more likely to die by suicide relative to the general population.… Read full story
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(EATON, Ohio) — Two Preble County men were sentenced today for sexual assaults.
Christopher Ward was sentenced to 36 months in prison. He will be required to register as a Tier 3 sexual offender, subject to community notification.
Ward, a former Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper, was found guilty of one count of sexual battery (F-3) and three counts of gross sexual imposition (F-4) on Dec.… Read full story
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following statement on the proposed legislative amendments regarding state public health orders:
… Read full story“My administration is focused on the important things we need to do to help businesses responsibly reopen while protecting Ohioans’ health and safety.
New public-private partnership surpasses initial goal to serve five-times more kids during COVID-19
(Washington, D.C., May 5, 2020) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a major expansion of Meals to You, USDA’s innovative partnership with the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, McLane Global, and PepsiCo, to feed low-income kids in rural areas.… Read full story
Due to COVID-19 guidance from state and local public health officials with regard to minimizing the risk of community spread of the Coronavirus, the Knox County Agricultural Society (Knox County Fair Board) has made the following change to the May 6, 2020 Board meeting:
Meeting procedure adopted by the Knox Health Department and State guidelines limit meetings to only essential staff and credentialed media be allowed to attend.… Read full story
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— In honor of the life and service of former Pickaway County Sheriff Dwight Radcliff, who served as the elected sheriff of Pickaway County for 48 years and at the time of his retirement was the longest-serving sheriff in the United States, Governor DeWine today ordered that U.S.… Read full story