Former MVMS Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sex With Student

On: By: Roxie Bell
Andrew Walsh, 36, of Mount Vernon, today entered a guilty plea to sexual battery for engaging in sexual activity with a former Mount Vernon Middle School student.
Walsh had been employed at MVMS as a gym teacher. Upon entering the guilty plea, Judge Richard Wetzel revoked his bond and he will be held in the Knox County Jail until his sentencing on April 29.
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After Tragic Death of BGSU Student, Brown Renews Push for Federal Anti-Hazing Legislation

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Brown Reintroduced Legislation Last Week to Address Hazing on College Campuses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 24 2021 – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a conference call as he reintroduces the REACH Act, legislation to address hazing on college campuses, following the tragic death of Stone Foltz, a Bowling Green State University student who died due to an alleged alcohol-induced hazing event earlier this month. 

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President Biden Signs Brown’s Bill to Expand Vaccine Access for Vets & Families Into Law

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Bipartisan SAVE LIVES Act Will Provide No-Cost COVID Vaccination Services at VA to all Veterans, Veteran Spouses, Caregivers and CHAMPVA Recipients

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 24, 2021 – Today, President Biden signed U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s bipartisan legislation to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to veterans and their families under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) into law.

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High Wind Warning

On: By: Roxie Bell 

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
408 AM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021

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/O.NEW.KCLE.HW.W.0001.210326T0300Z-210326T1600Z/
Sandusky-Erie-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-
Marion-Morrow-Knox-
Including the cities of Fremont, Bellevue, Clyde, Sandusky,
Huron, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Norwalk, Willard,
Upper Sandusky, Carey, Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline, Mansfield,
Marion, Mount Gilead, Cardington, and Mount Vernon
408 AM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...HIGH
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Scientists Find Evidence That Novel Coronavirus Infects the Mouth’s Cells

On: By: Roxie Bell

NIH-funded findings point to a role for saliva in SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

An international team of scientists has found evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the mouth. While it’s well known that the upper airways and lungs are primary sites of SARS-CoV-2 infection, there are clues the virus can infect cells in other parts of the body, such as the digestive system, blood vessels, kidneys and, as this new study shows, the mouth.

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