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Every few months, a new scam pops up that seems to be everywhere (remember the “Can you hear me” scam or this wrong number con). A new version is here! In the past few weeks, BBB Scam Tracker has received numerous reports of a text message scam that attempts to trick people with the promise of a “free gift.”
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Apr 15, 2022
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
April 14
Dispatch advised of drug paraphernalia found on Gaskin Avenue by Kenyon Campus Safety. The paraphernalia was collected and placed in evidence.
Dispatch was notified of a theft.… Read full story
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cleveland OH 319 AM EDT Fri Apr 15 2022... OHZ006-008>011-013-014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ002-003- 151530- /O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0007.220415T1600Z-220416T0000Z/ Wood-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- Including the cities of Bowling Green, Perrysburg, Fremont, Bellevue, Clyde, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Cleveland, Chardon, South Russell, Bainbridge, Chesterland, Middlefield, Burton, Jefferson, Orwell, Andover, Roaming Shores, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Norwalk, Willard, Brunswick, Medina, Wadsworth, Akron, Kent, Aurora, Streetsboro, Ravenna, Warren, Niles, Upper Sandusky, Carey, Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline, Mansfield, Ashland, Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Canton, Massillon, Alliance, Youngstown, Boardman, Austintown, Marion, Mount Gilead, Cardington, Millersburg, Killbuck, Mount Vernon, Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, and Titusville 319 AM EDT Fri Apr 15 2022 ...WIND… Read full story
On April 15th, National Titanic Remembrance Day remembers the lives lost when the Titanic sank into the North Atlantic’s icy waters in 1912. We remember the more than 1,500 people who died that day.
Known as the “the unsinkable ship,” the Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm on April 14, 1912, on her maiden voyage from England to New York City.… Read full story
The Friday before Easter commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the Christian Faith and is called Good Friday.
Christians around the world recall the biblical story of Jesus’s crucifixion on this day. The day goes by other names as well, such as Holy Friday, Black Friday, and Great Friday.… Read full story
Test provides results in less than three minutes
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first COVID-19 diagnostic test that detects chemical compounds in breath samples associated with a SARS-CoV-2 infection. The test can be performed in environments where the patient specimen is both collected and analyzed, such as doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing sites, using an instrument about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage.… Read full story
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today signed Executive Order 2022-06D to further define antisemitism using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition, and require all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, and public colleges and universities to adopt the definition, as well.… Read full story
The following is a list of city 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
COLUMBUS – Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers arrested 164 impaired drivers, and had over 10,800 enforcement contacts during the Operation CARE Spring Break and St. Patrick’s Day Mobilization that ran from March 12-20.
The Patrol partnered with 30 other Ohio law enforcement agencies for the initiative, with a total of 76 agencies participating across the nation.… Read full story
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced the formation of the Ohio Task Force on Volunteer Fire Service to study and make recommendations to improve volunteer fire service in Ohio. In making the announcement at the Central Ohio Fire Museum, Governor DeWine was joined by Ohio Department of Commerce Director Sherry Maxfield, State Fire Marshal Kevin Reardon, and several local elected officials and firefighters.… Read full story