URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Cleveland OH 218 PM EST Thu Dec 31 2020 OHZ003-006-008-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-010330- /O.NEW.KCLE.WW.Y.0023.210101T1200Z-210101T1800Z/ Lucas-Wood-Sandusky-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage- Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning- Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- Including the cities of Toledo, Bowling Green, Perrysburg, Fremont, Bellevue, Clyde, 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, and Mount Vernon 218 PM EST Thu Dec 31 2020 ...WINTER… Read full story
Month: December 2020
Health Order Signed Encouraging Ohioans to Stay Home
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced that Ohio Department of Health Director Stephanie McCloud signed a health order encouraging people to stay at home during specified hours unless they are working or engaged in an essential activity. This extends provisions in previous orders and applies until January 23, 2021, at 12:01 p.m.… Read full story
Midwestern Pet Foods Voluntarily Recalls Pet Food Recall for Aflatoxin Health Risk
Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc., of Evansville, IN is issuing a voluntary recall of the below listed dog and cat food products due to tests indicating levels of Aflatoxin that exceed acceptable limits. Products were distributed nationally to online distributors and retail stores.… Read full story
McElroy Graduates Phase II of MERIT Court
Jessica McElroy recently graduated to Phase II of the Mandated Education and Referral into Treatment (MERIT) Court program after successfully completing all of the requirements of Phase I. Congratulations Jessica!
East Pleasant Street Closed
Road Closure:
East Pleasant Street between North Rogers Street and North Center Street effective immediately thru 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2020.
Emergency traffic will not be able to pass through. (lh)
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Dec 31, 2020
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Dec 31, 2020
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
December 28
A Complainant called the Knox County Sheriff’s Office stating that there was a disabled vehicle on Apple Valley Drive near Baldwin Heights Circle in Howard.… Read full story
Governor DeWine Signs Bill Into Law
(CEDARVILLE, Ohio) December 30, 2020 —Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today signed the following bill into law:
Senate Bill 27, sponsored by former Senator Joe Uecker, regards disposition of fetal remains from surgical abortion.
New Year’s Eve
Every year on December 31st, people around the world celebrate New Year’s Eve, the last day of the year. It’s a day to say “goodbye” to the old and “hello” to the new.
Also known as Old Year’s Day or Saint Sylvester’s Day, New Year’s Eve is one of the most exciting holidays of the year.… Read full story
Governor DeWine Signs Executive Order
(CEDARVILLE, Ohio) December 30, 2020 —On December 29, 2020, Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 310, which included language authorizing the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) to pay kinship caregivers. Across the state, more than 2,600 kinship caregivers are providing safe and loving homes to nearly 4,000 children in the custody of a children services agency, making kinship caregivers an important and essential part of our child welfare system.… Read full story
NIH Study Uncovers Blood Vessel Damage and Inflammation in COVID-19 Patients’ Brains but no Infection
Results from a study of 19 deceased patients suggests brain damage is a byproduct of a patient’s illness.
In an in-depth study of how COVID-19 affects a patient’s brain, National Institutes of Health researchers consistently spotted hallmarks of damage caused by thinning and leaky brain blood vessels in tissue samples from patients who died shortly after contracting the disease.… Read full story