Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 344 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022 OHZ003-006>011-013-014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ002-003-090745- Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Geauga- Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull- Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow- Holmes-Knox-Southern Erie-... 344 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.… Read full story
Mount Vernon Police Register – Aug 08, 2022
Mount Vernon Police Register – Aug 08, 2022
(Information courtesy of The Mount Vernon Police Department)
Offenses
August 4
An officer spoke with a complainant by phone in reference to the theft of a catalytic converter.
Units were dispatched to South Main Street for a male that was in an altercation with a Mount Vernon City employee.… Read full story
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Aug 06 – Aug 07, 2022
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Aug 06 – Aug 07, 2022
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
August 5
Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to an address on Highland Drive in Fredericktown, Ohio on the report of a possible drug overdose involving over-the-counter medication involving a juvenile.… Read full story
Mount Vernon Municipal Court Weekly Warrants
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Warrants were issued over the last 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:
John Capoccia
Christina Garretson
David Doering
Joshua Etue
Not Pictured:
Brayden Lemley
Scott Krohmer
BBB Scam Alert: Watch out for Facebook “Friends” Pushing Phony COVID Grants
In tough economic times, it can be hard to turn down free money – especially if it appears to be recommended by a friend. BBB.org/ScamTracker is receiving numerous reports that con artists are stealing information from Facebook and Instagram accounts and promoting phony COVID-19 relief grants to their network and Friends list. … Read full story
Man Posing as Funeral Home Director Found Guilty
(TOLEDO, Ohio) — A Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge found Shawnte Hardin guilty of multiple felony charges for providing funeral services without a license.
In total, Hardin was found guilty on 31 charges:
- One count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity (F1)
- Three counts of tampering with records (F3)
- Two counts of telecommunications fraud (F5)
- One count of operating an unlicensed funeral home (unclassified misdemeanor)
- One count of possessing criminal tools (F5)
- Six counts of abuse of a corpse (F5)
- Eight counts of representation of a funeral director while unlicensed (unclassified misdemeanor)
- Four counts of passing bad checks (F5)
- Two counts of theft (F4 and F5)
- Three counts of failure to file taxes (F5)
The case was heard by a judge after the defendant waived his right to have the case heard by a jury.… Read full story
Knox County Construction Update
WEEK OF 8/8/2022
Jacksontown, Ohio (Friday, August 5, 2022) – The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Knox County. All outlined work is weather permitting.
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U.S. Route 36U.S. Route 36 lane closure for bridge deck repairs – Beginning Monday, August 8, motorists can expect U.S. |
NIH First to Develop 3D Structure of Twinkle Protein
Researchers hope discovery leads to potential treatments for mitochondrial diseases.
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have developed a three-dimensional structure that allows them to see how and where disease mutations on the twinkle protein can lead to mitochondrial diseases.… Read full story
Governor DeWine Awards $5.7 Million to Support Local Law Enforcement
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced that 16 local and state law enforcement agencies will receive a total of $5.7 million in grant funding to help prevent and solve instances of violent crime.
Governor DeWine is awarding the grant funds as part of the sixth round of the Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program.… Read full story
Knox Technical Center Welcomes Jamie Seher
Welcome to new KTC staff member Jamie Seher! She is teaching in our LPN to RN Transition program. She comes to us from the cardiac unit at Knox Community Hospital, where she was also a medical-surgical nurse, which gave her experience with a wide range of specialties from preoperative to palliative care.