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(XENIA, OH) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer today announced that the skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Spring Valley Township in Greene County last year have been identified as a missing Florida woman, Tiffany Dawn Chambers.… Read full story
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Jan 05 2017
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
Vincent E Crim, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on an outstanding warrant on January 4th 2016.
A representative of the Knox County Parks District reported that, sometime between 1 PM on December 5th 2016 and 1 PM on December 31st 2016, unknown person(s) damaged split rail fencing and a blue bird nesting box at Thayer Ridge Park.… Read full story
Recommendations focus on introducing peanut-containing foods to infants.
An expert panel sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, issued clinical guidelines today to aid health care providers in early introduction of peanut-containing foods to infants to prevent the development of peanut allergy.… Read full story
Mount Vernon Police Arrests – Jan 05 2017
(Information courtesy of The Mount Vernon Police Department)
Christopher Sapp, 37, of Newark,
was picked up under warrant on October 7th 2016.
Christopher Hastings, 45, of Mount Vernon,
was charged with domestic violence on January 4th 2017.… Read full story
Widespread light snowfall is expected this afternoon and evening. Lake effect snow then intensifies later this evening/tonight.
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (Jan. 04, 2017) – In 2016, the Ohio Department of Agriculture recognized 118 new century, sesquicentennial or bicentennial farms owned by the same family for at least 100, 150 or 200 consecutive years. More than 1,300 farms are now registered across the state in the Ohio Historic Family Farms program.
Tawni E. Osterman, 34, of Mount Vernon, Ohio currently has a statewide warrant for a revocation of community control hearing. In November, Osterman was sentenced to community control after being convicted of two counts of aggravated possession of drugs, both fifth-degree felonies.
COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting preliminary traffic fatality data from the 2017 New Year’s and 2016 Christmas reporting periods.
Four people were killed on Ohio’s roadways during the 2017 New Year’s Holiday, a four-day reporting period beginning December 30 and ending January 2.… Read full story
Orrville, OH – The J.M. Smucker Company today announced a limited voluntary recall on certain lots of 9LivesTM, EverPetTM, and Special KittyTM canned cat food due to possible low levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1).
The issue was discovered by the Quality Assurance team during review of production records at the manufacturing facility.… Read full story
A fast moving upper level disturbance will bring snow to the region on Thursday. The snow will develop through the morning hours and then continue into Thursday afternoon. The heaviest band of snow will fall along the Ohio River where 2 to locally 3 inches of snow will be possible.… Read full story