Dear KP Editor: Over a year ago Mount Vernon City officials put together a hand-picked committee to come up with a rationale for raising city income taxes. Predictably, they then issued a report calling for city council to place an issue on the ballot to do so. They never considered any options to cut spending, […]
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Law reports Oct 31, 2017
MVPD 10/27/17 – An officer was dispatched to 5 N. Gay St. on a reported stolen phone. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with the complainant who stated his granddaughter’s phone had been stolen while she was at school. The complainant stated the phone had been traced to a Lakeview Dr. address. The officer went to […]
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MVNU purchases former Seventh Day Adventist building
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Mount Vernon Nazarene University is pleased to announce the recent purchase, with donated funds, of the former Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building, 425 S. Edgewood Road, as approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. “The way in which this 10,572 square foot building will be used has […]
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Local Business: Riverside Recovery Services opens in Mount Vernon
By Cheryl Splain, KnoxPages.com Reporter MOUNT VERNON — The opening of Riverside Recovery Services is one more step in Amy Smart’s journey to be part of the solution in helping individuals affected by substance abuse. RRS provides substance abuse treatment to adults for whom drugs and alcohol are a problem. Now 11 years in […]
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Mount Vernon woman killed in Licking County crash
LICKING COUNTY – A 39-year-old Mount Vernon woman was killed in a Monday afternoon crash in Jersey Township. WNKO.com in Newark reports that according to the Granville Post of the State Patrol, Kerry Mintier was driving eastbound on Worthington Road around 1:30pm when she went left of center and struck a westbound dump truck being […]
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Disturbance being investigated at Court House
MOUNT VERNON – An officer was dispatched to the Knox County Court House Friday on a reported disturbance. When he arrived on the scene the officer, a KCSO deputy, said they received information about a threat to the court. A written statement was collected from the staff and the complainant was contacted. A report was […]
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Video – Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine wants drug companies to pay for opioid epidemic solutions
COLUMBUS – Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine held a news conference to discuss battling the opioid epidemic in the Buckeye State Monday aternoon. A video link is below>
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Ohio Magazine names Mount Vernon one of the Best Hometowns
CLEVELAND — In the November issue of Ohio Magazine, Mount Vernon is recognized as one of five best hometowns in the publication’s 12th annual Ohio’s Best Hometowns issue. Ohio Magazine selected Mount Vernon because of its community pride, beautiful downtown and new development that pays tribute to the town’s past. In this special collector’s […]
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Letter to the KP Editor: Knox County Parks levy
Dear KP Editor, Soon, Knox County citizens will go to the polls and have the opportunity to vote on the Knox County Park District .35 replacement levy. What is the impact of this levy? For homeowners, they can expect to pay approximately $12.25 per year for a home valued at $100,000. That is slightly more […]
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Early Knox County Coverlets topic at Historical Society
MOUNT VERNON – Beautiful 19th century coverlets created by Knox County weavers in the 1840’s and 1850’s will be the topic at the Wednesday, November 1, meeting of the Knox County Historical Society, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Museum, 875 Harcourt Road in Mount Vernon. The program will be presented by Sharon Pinka, a […]