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Knox Alerts:
Riley Street will be closed between Newark Road and Martinsburg Road for water line repairs.
Knox Alerts:
Grove Church Road will be closed between Deal and State Route 62 for culvert replacement.
**UPDATE** Grove Church Road is now open.
A pack a day smoker can spend $2,000 to $2,500 a year on tobacco. This would be enough money for a great summer vacation! We can help you in becoming tobacco-free. Whether you chew, smoke cigarettes, cigars, pipes or vape we can help you quit by providing free support, counseling and nicotine patches for up to eight weeks.
Senator Filed Amendment Last Week That Would Require Full Transparency from VA after Troubling Reports of Poorly Performing VA Nursing Homes in Ohio; Brown Met with VA Secretary Nominee Robert Wilkie Last Week
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the Senate passed his amendment to require the U.S.… Read full story
National Lightning Safety Awareness Week is June 24-30. Lightning is one of the top three storm-related killers in the United States. It is also one of the least understood weather phenomena. Get a more detailed look at the science behind one of nature’s most underrated killers.… Read full story
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Jun 26, 2018
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
A complainant, of the 300 block of Northern Spy Circle in Howard, reported that a window on his truck had been shattered on June 25th, 2018.… Read full story
NIH-funded study adds to growing evidence that condition is more aggressive in youth.
In youth with impaired glucose tolerance or recent-onset type 2 diabetes, neither initial treatment with long-acting insulin followed by the drug metformin nor metformin alone preserved the body’s ability to make insulin, according to results published online (link is external) June 25 in Diabetes Care.… Read full story
Warmest temperatures of the year coming this weekend through the 4th of July holiday. Will records be broken? The potential is there as record highs are in the mid to upper 90s, and forecast highs look to fall in that range.… Read full story
