Newsroom
Latest News
TOLEDO, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) and officials from The University of Toledo Health Science Campus today announced the receipt of a $3.38 million grant from the National Institute of Health, or NIH to study the mechanisms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The competitive research grant was awarded to Dr. Xin Wang, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry in the University’s College of Medicine and Life Sciences to study the early development of PTSD in trauma victims.
Tom Jackson -- Sandusky Register
WASHINGTON — A decade-long effort to bring a new statue to the U.S. Capitol to represent Ohio ended Wednesday when lawmakers unveiled a statue of Thomas Edison at the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday.
Top members of Congress, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi vied with Ohio lawmakers to give the best speeches honoring Edison, inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph record and many other staples of modern life.
Inventor’s likeness is unveiled
By TRACIE MAURIELLO | BLOCK NEWS ALLIANCE
WASHINGTON — He’s Ohio’s homegrown son, but other states have claims to Thomas Edison as well.
New Jersey claims Mr. Edison as its Wizard of Menlo Park, Kentucky offers tours of the Louisville home he briefly lived in while he worked as a telegrapher, and Michigan brags that he peddled newspapers in Port Huron.
Now Washington can claim the legendary inventor too.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), today praised the unexpected inclusion in a Senate budget provision that would allow for $37 million in frontloaded spending to address the heroin and opioid epidemic.
By Sabrina Eaton -- Plain Dealer
WASHINGTON - A service dog named Liberty has liberated retired Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Garvey of Maryland from some of the post traumatic stress disorder symptoms he experienced upon returning home from Afghanistan.
"He is my grounding rod, he calms me down so quickly," said Garvey. "If I ever get disoriented, he is like my little rock."