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Danville, Fredericktown back in action for 2nd round of playoffs
DANVILLE – North central Ohio football fans will have no shortage of nearby choices if they want to attend a second-round playoff football game on Friday night. There is even…
Knox Educational Service Center offers support to registered nurse candidates
MOUNT VERNON – Gwen Smith routinely takes fingerprints of employment applicants in the office of the Knox Educational Service Center in downtown Mount Vernon. Anyone hired by the ESC, including…
Danville, Gambier celebrate Halloween with costumes and community
Families in Danville and Gambier celebrated Halloween with trick-or-treating, creatives costumes and plenty of decorations.
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17-year-old girl killed, 3 others seriously injured in U.S. 30/Ohio 511 crash in Ashland County
A 17-year-old girl died and three other people were seriously injured Saturday night in a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 30 in Ashland County.
Halloween haunts take over downtown Mount Vernon for the return of Scare on the Square
Halloween Scare on the Square brought costumes, a parade and plenty of spooky surprises to downtown Mount Vernon for the first time this decade.
Knox County Transit gets grant for new radios
Knox Energy Cooperative awarded the money through its Roundup grant program. The commissioners voted to accept the grant.
Mohican 5K draws record turnout for Halloween race
LOUDONVILLE — It was a memorable morning of Halloween costumes and a record crowd at the 19th annual Mohican 5K and Fun Run. A record number of 444 participants joined the run Saturday, including 45 people who registered the same day. The previous record was approximately 275 participants, according to…
Knox County Sheriff’s reports Oct. 30
MOUNT VERNON — Knox County Sheriff’s deputies filed these reports for Oct. 30. Media_Report_2026-10-31_07.00.47Download
Fredericktown students explore robotics, forensics and engineering at Ohio State Mansfield’s Spooky STEAM Day
Sessions focused on topics like robotics, biology, chemistry, psychology and criminology, often with hands-on applications.
‘Preserving your own history’ topic at Knox County Historical Society meeting
Many residents have aging items they want to protect and pass along to future generations. Typically, however, they don’t know how to keep them safe.
Gutsy 4th-down conversion lifts Freddies over Newark Catholic
FREDERICKTOWN — Once upon a time football coach Scott Spitler led his Lucas Cubs to a Division VII state championship game played at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. On Friday night, coaching in a different time and at a different place, Spitler displayed the kind of bravado…
Winning Formula: Lucas uses rugged running attack and stingy defense to clip Eagles
BEAVER — The bus ride from Eastern High School to Lucas takes almost two-and-a-half hours — and the Lucas Cubs enjoyed every minute of it late Friday night. Using a tried-and-true postseason recipe — equal parts punishing ground game and bend-but-don’t-break defense — the 10th-seeded Cubs upset the No. 7…
Fireworks of Ohio’s fall colors reach final stages
COLUMBUS – It’s a fall color extravaganza in Ohio as foliage flaunts some of the best colors the state has seen in a while. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is reporting “peak” color throughout the state with some “fading” colors in Northern Ohio. “Ohio is definitely putting on…
Oct. 30: Mount Vernon-area high school football playoffs roundup
Fredericktown records thin win against Newark Catholic Fredericktown posted a narrow, 20-16 win over Newark Catholic in an Ohio high school football matchup on Oct. 30. The Green Wave earned a 7-6 through the end of the first quarter.
Public Notice: Mount Vernon City Schools
Notice is hereby given that the Mount Vernon City Schools’ Board of Education will meet on Thursday, November 19, 2026 for the Regular Meeting instead of on November 23, 2026. The meeting will begin at 5:00 PM and will take place at Energy Fieldhouse, 101 Yellow Jacket Drive, Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Knox County Soroptimists celebrate 70th anniversary
The club’s most successful fundraisers were the Wintermute Antique Show and 25 years of Style Shows.
A Faith of His Own: The story of Vishnu RJ
MOUNT VERNON — For Vishnu RJ, Mount Vernon Nazarene University turned out to be about much more than a university to earn a degree. It has become a place where friendships deepened, people walked alongside him through important questions on his faith, and strangers became family.
Bucyrus business owner pleads guilty to role in obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic funds
BUCYRUS – A 56-year-old man has pleaded guilty in federal court to devising a scheme to obtain pandemic government stimulus funds meant to assist small businesses, which he instead used for his personal benefit, according to a press release issued Friday by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern…
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