Mount Vernon News

The Gambier Village Council met Thursday evening in a meeting that had been rescheduled in order to pass its 2010 budget before the July 10 deadline.

A special joint meeting of the Knox County Emergency Management Agency Board and the Knox County 9-1-1 Board on Thursday afternoon was held to work through questions recently raised by some members of the 9-1-1 Board regarding the hiring, firing and accountability of the director who oversees both 9-1-1 and EMA.

Utica graduate Sierra Fletcher is transferring to NAIA Mount Vernon Nazarene after completing her freshman season at NCAA Division I Longwood .

Listen for the signature deep roar of vintage biplane engines overhead in Knox County this week.

Members of the Knox County Emergency Management Board discussed some possible changes in the future role of the Knox County 9-1-1 Board at the EMA meeting Thursday afternoon.

Foiled Again prevails in the Battle of Lake Erie Saturday, June 27, 2009 - by Keith Gisser, publicity director, Northfield Park Northfield, OH --- The favored Foiled Again won the $100,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park on Saturday, going gate-to-wire in 1:50.4, and defeating Jeremy's Successor by a head in the 24th annual edition of the ...

The Mount Vernon Fire Department rescued an injured driver trapped in her car after a two-vehicle wreck on Ohio 586 south of Murray Road around 7:40 this morning.

The 2009 Heart of Ohio USA Days Festival kicked off Wednesday evening, drawing crowds of festivalgoers seeking good times, delicious food and a fun way to spend a summer evening.

The news keeps getting worse for Ohio public libraries. Gov. Ted Strickland's state budget - not yet approved by the legislature - proposes to cut $227.3 million from Ohio public funding over the next two fiscal years.

A fire completely destroyed an unoccupied house at 12700 Ward Road, south of Brandon, early this morning.

They're a vestige of an earlier Toledo era - 4-inch water mains that are big enough to carry drinking water, but too small to produce the volume firefighters need to douse a raging house fire.

Like it or not, students in Ohio's public schools must pass standardized tests in reading, math, writing, science and social studies in order to receive a high school diploma.

A Knox County teen has been sentenced to ten days in the county jail for his role in an ethnic intimidation case.

MOUNT VERNON - An 18-year-old male was remanded to the Knox County Jail this morning for a 10-day jail term after pleading no contest to one count of ethnic intimidation, a fifth-degree felony.

Knox County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Watson, 67, Centerburg, is doing "pretty well," according to Sheriff David Barber, who visited him Monday evening at Grant Medical Center.

MOUNT VERNON - A 17-year-old boy said Monday that he feared for his life as he was dragged around a parking lot with a noose wrapped around his neck.

A Knox County man died Sunday when the all terrain vehicle he was riding overturned on top of him.

As city officials continue their efforts in finding the reason behind the splotching of clothes being washed in the city, one lead may have finally turned up an answer.

Ten employees and approximately 30 patrons were evacuated from the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County's main branch at 201 N. Mulberry St.

Put Back the Bricks read the signs. I couldn't agree less. Bricks have laid the path for our town for over a century, but it's high time we get serious about preservation.