COLUMBUS — Kratom sellers and manufacturers may face stricter regulations on the products they can produce or sell if Senate Bill 299 passes — a move that is supported by local healthcare providers. The bill, which some lawmakers are calling the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, was introduced in the Ohio Senate by Senator Louis W. Blessing, […]
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Mount Vernon man charged with 2 felonies after child-porn search
MOUNT VERNON — A Mount Vernon man was arrested and charged with two felonies after a search warrant was executed on a Martinsburg Road residence, according to a Friday afternoon press release from the Mount Vernon Police Department. Aaron Eldridge, 66, was taken to the Knox County Jail without incident, authorities stated. According to police, […]
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Gun violence: ‘It’s happening in the same places among the same people’
MANSFIELD — Deanna West-Torrence doesn’t flinch when asked if shots fired in Mansfield today come from guns that community disinvestment in the north end helped to load more than a decade ago. The founder and executive director of the North End Community Improvement Collaborative said she doesn’t know why more is not being done to […]