MOUNT VERNON — The competition court at Ariel Arena on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University will honor the longest-standing coach in the university’s history as it becomes Paul Swanson Court. Swanson was surprised with the announcement during Homecoming Weekend when he was asked to join campus leadership on the court during halftime of […]
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Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony concert slated for Jan. 4 & 5 in Columbus
COLUMBUS — Music Director Rossen Milanov and the Columbus Symphony begin 2019 with a performance of Shostakovich’s iconic Leningrad Symphony inspired by Nazi Germany’s siege of the city during World War II. One of the composer’s most powerful compositions, this work conveys tragedy, oppression, resistance, and ultimately, victory. The performance will be accompanied by excerpts […]
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Fredericktown law report: Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 2018
FREDERICKTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT Nov. 28 Assisted the Knox County Sheriff’s Office on Highland Drive.Commercial alarm on High Street.Lisa M. Mondillo, Fredericktown, arrested on an outstanding warrant.Anevin R. Van Winkle, Butler, citation for speed.Patricia A. Hudson, Findlay, citation for speed. Nov. 29 Juvenile related complaint on Stadium Drive.Disturbance on South Main Street.Disturbance on Tuttle Avenue.Disturbance on […]
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Ohio political leaders praise former President Bush
Ohio’s political leaders on Saturday praised former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday at the age of 94. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Mansfield, said he was grateful for Bush’s commitment to the country. “Like most of the WWII generation, and our veterans today, President George H.W. Bush never bragged […]
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Dean H. Gerhart
Dean H. Gerhart, 61, of Fredericktown passed away unexpectedly Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2018 at Knox Community Hospital. He was born on Aug. 4, 1957 in Mansfield to Sonia (Rinehart) Gerhart and the late Howard T. “Hod” Gerhart. Dean was a 1975 graduate of Clear Fork High School and he honorably served his country in […]
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The original Hiawatha Park was the height of electric elegance
MOUNT VERNON — “Arriving at Mount Vernon, what a sense of relief and thrill of pleasure you experience in leaving the warm, upholstered and heavily-curtained car of the steam railway, to find awaiting you at the depot elegant electric summer cars of finest design and finish. “The equipment of this electric line is unexcelled, and the […]
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Hiawatha Park Photo Gallery
Another column profiled Hiawatha Park, the amusement park which stood where the Knox County Fairgrounds now hold sway. Plimpton B. Chase was the entrepreneur who launched Hiawatha Park. But soon his interest became focused on running theaters in Washington, D.C. The cover of the elaborate promotional brochure Plimpton B. Chase created to draw guests to […]
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4 MVNU volleyball players earn NAIA scholar-athlete honor
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that 597 women’s volleyball student-athletes have been named 2018 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes. Receiving the recognition from MVNU is  Katelyn Dufur, Alyssa Harrer, Audrey McCullough, and Kristen Osborn. In order to be nominated by an institution, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade […]
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Hanby House featured Dec. 5 at Knox County Historical Society
MOUNT VERNON — The story of Westerville’s historic Bishop Hanby family and the Hanby House Museum will be presented at the Dec. 5 meeting of the Knox County Historical Society. The Wednesday meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Society’s Museum, at 875 Harcourt Road in Mount Vernon. The program will be presented by […]
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Knox County Sheriff’s law report: Nov. 26-29, 2018
KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Nov. 26 Speaking to an officer, the complainant said the Apple Valley Property Owners Association called and advised him that within the last 30 days his boat trailer was missing from the Apple Valley Marina. The boat’s owner advised the association that he had not taken it. The complainant requested a […]