RSSTOP STORY - Tight economy forces reduction in hours at title office
MOUNT VERNON – The Knox County Title Office has become the first county agency to reduce hours of operation following news of a potential shortfall in the general fund....
Christmas in July to be held July 11
MOUNT VERNON – The 26th Annual Christmas in July food drive will be held Saturday, July 11....
Artisans offered no-fee both at upcoming festival
MOUNT VERNON – All qualifying Knox County-based artisans can display and sell their art free of charge at the 2009 Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival....
Zeune’s trial date re-scheduled
MOUNT VERNON – A new trial date for a gas station owner accused of writing bad checks to his suppliers has been set for July 21....
Traffic signal work planned this week
MOUNT VERNON – Four-way stops will be set up along intersections on Gay Street as traffic signal work will continue throughout the week....
Artest going to Lakers
HOUSTON (AP) -- Ron Artest is joining Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers....
Sister Act 4: Venus, Serena reach Wimbledon final
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. Says he simply can't bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage....
Mayfield misses deadline to enter car at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Jeremy Mayfield missed the deadline to enter this weekend's race after successfully fighting NASCAR to get back behind the wheel following a failed random drug test....
Safe Bet Or Not?
Seven Horse Race Tracks could soon get a new form of Gambling Added.
Lawmakers Will Work Holiday Hours
Trying to end the budget impasse.
Two More Officials In Cuyahoga County Plead Guilty
A total of Four officials have plead guilty in corruption investigation.
Jackson ex-wife shows interest in custody of kids
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring....
Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police....
Feds seize Madoff penthouse, wife leaves
NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, including a fur coat she had asked to take with her, an official told The Associated Press....
Marines suffer casualties in new Afghan campaign
NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban government in 2001....
FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge
BAGHDAD (AP) -- After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister....
OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint - a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic punishment for the impoverished Central American nation....
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