Capt. Christine Moretz honored with Food for the Hungry Zelkowitz Award
MOUNT VERNON — Food For The Hungry (FFTH) presented Salvation Army Capt. Christine Moretz with the Zelkowitz Memorial Award for Community Service during the live broadcast on Dec. 12. The award,…
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Greater Mohican Audubon Society keeps citizen science, birding alive with Christmas Bird Count
MIFFLIN — Hawks and robins and wrens — oh my. Eight members of the Greater Mohican Audubon Society braved the bitter wind and snow to count birds Friday morning. The…
OSHP seeks public’s help in fatal hit-skip crash on I-71 in Morrow County
MOUNT GILEAD – The Mount Gilead Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a vehicle, likely a Chevrolet with front-end damage, involved…
Former Wine Stein restaurant to become home to Interchurch food pantry
MOUNT VERNON — The Knox County Land Bank will partner with Interchurch Social Services and create a food pantry hub in the former Wine Stein restaurant at 156 Howard St.…
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A Stroll Through the Garden with Blue Fountain Bamboo
One of my readers found out that I liked bamboo and other adventuresome plants. The question was about my experience with Blue Fountain Bamboo (Fragesia nitida). Blue Fountain bamboo for me was a prima donna. I had to tend to every need and desire for years, or it would shrivel…
Knox County Sheriff’s reports Dec. 17
MOUNT VERNON — Knox County Sheriff’s deputies responded to these calls on Dec. 16.
Knox Public Health warns of looming flu season
MOUNT VERNON — With peak flu season looming, Knox Public Health Epidemiologist, David Hatley II’s November communicable disease report shows an increase in local influenza and other common winter-time illnesses. Hatley presents these reports prior to each month’s board meeting, with each one detailing current information about a variety of…
Mohican Young Star Academy’s checkered past yields to ‘noncompliance’ issues
ASHLAND — The Mohican Young Star Academy has a storied past — some of it good, and some of it not-so-good — but has always dealt in providing correctional and rehabilitation services to Ohio’s youth. Here’s a detailed look into the facility’s presence in the Loudonville area as the state…
Mount Vernon schools move toward placing an income tax levy on May ballot
MOUNT VERNON — The Mount Vernon City Schools Board of Education has taken the first step toward placing a 1-percent earned income tax on the May election ballot to support the district’s segmented Master Facility Plan. The plan is a long-term strategy to improve school facilities across the district. The…
America’s Favorite Couple semifinalist pleads not guilty to fraud, theft charges against daughter
A West Salem woman who was a 2025 finalist with her pastor husband in the national “America’s Favorite Couple,” has allegedly stolen nearly $21,000 from her daughter.
Municipal Minute: Mount Vernon departments handle snow emergency
MOUNT VERNON — It was all hands on deck when the 24-hour snow emergency hit Mount Vernon Dec. 13 and 14. Director of Public Works Tom Hinkle said the city created work schedules on Dec. 12 based on weather predictions. Fortunately, the predictions proved accurate. “We set up a schedule…
Free tuition at Ohio State Mansfield is a game changer for future students
MANSFIELD – Earning a degree from The Ohio State University became much more obtainable in the fall of 2025, when university president Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. announced a program that allows qualifying students to attend for free. Known as the Regional Campus Commitment, students from families that have an adjusted…
LaRose warns Ohioans of Top 5 Christmas season scams
COLUMBUS – As Ohioans shop, travel, and donate throughout the Christmas season, Secretary of State Frank LaRose is urging Ohioans to stay vigilant against a surge of sophisticated scams. Criminals are exploiting busy schedules, online shopping habits, and year-end generosity to steal personal information and hard-earned money. Between 2020 and…
Knox Educational Service Center serves a feast, yes, but so much more
MOUNT VERNON – You hear it often: “We’re like a family here.” Many organizations use that phrase, but nowhere does it have more meaning than at the Knox Learning Center. “Family” embodies the daily philosophy at the K-12 alternative school operated by the Knox Educational Service Center (ESC) in the…
Knox County Sheriff’s reports Dec. 16
MUNT VERNON — Knox County Sheriff’s deputies filed these reports at the end of their shift on Dec. 16.
State suspends new admissions at Mohican Young Star Academy to investigate ‘serious noncompliance’
HANOVER TOWNSHIP — A Loudonville store owner may soon get the accountability she called for months ago following a break-in at her Route 3 store. Miranda Taylor, owner of Stake’s Shortstop, created an online petition in March calling on state authorities to have Mohican Young Star Academy “lock their doors”…
Bindover hearing set for Knox County teen charged with murdering his father
MOUNT VERNON — The Knox County Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges in Knox County Juvenile Court against Brice Hay for aggravated murder in the stabbing death of his father, Kevin R. Hay. “We have filed a motion to have this case bound over to common pleas court for prosecution as…
ODNR awards grant for Mount Vernon’s Arch Park
MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon is among the communities awarded funding to improve outdoor recreational activities. The city will receive $47,681 through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) NatureWorks grant program for a restroom, drinking fountain, and pavilion at Arch Park. “We’re excited to work on this neighborhood park.…
Taylor takes runner-up honors at Ironman Invitational
MOUNT VERNON — For the first time in recent memory, Mount Vernon’s heavyweight wrestler Alex Taylor did not stand atop the podium at the close of the Ironman Invitational last weekend. The tournament, touted as one of the most prestigious high school invitational tournaments in the country, takes place every…
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