MOUNT VERNON – Officers from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office arrested Andrew Wiegard, 37, of Thornville, Sunday. He is currently being charged with Importuning. Importuning is definied as demanding or soliciting insistently for sex. Wiegard had been communicating via online and text messages with what he thought was an underage girl to engage in […]
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City won’t enforce political sign ordinance
By Cheryl Splain, KnoxPages.com Reporter MOUNT VERNON — With the general election less than three months away, a few political signs are beginning to pop up around the area. Mayor Richard Mavis said the city will not enforce its ordinance relating to the time frame residents can post such signs because it is unconstitutional. The […]
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Homeless shelter volunteer urges others to donate time
MOUNT VERNON – Learning that homelessness isn’t just a big city phenomenon was a shockto Melissa Moss. Seeing people camping in the freezing cold here in Knox County one winter several years ago touched her compassion, and learning that the county had a shelter that protected them from the elements, she wanted to help. She and her husband […]
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City finds “Goose Buster” ineffective
MOUNT VERNON — The goose buster the city recently bought to drive away the excessive goose population at Ariel-Foundation is a bust, according to Mayor Richard Mavis. Designed to agitate the geese by broadcasting the sound of a distressed goose, along with a few coyotes mixed in, the goose buster not only did not work, […]
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Local People: Sarah Goslee Reed honored with Emmett Award
MOUNT VERNON – Sarah Goslee Reed was honored with the 2016 Emmett Award Saturday night at the Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival. It’s recognition for being dedicated and involved with the performing arts in the community and county. Among her many arts activities, Reed is a member of the local band Owl Creek, a […]
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Knox County law reports August 12, 2016
MVPD Incidents: Just before 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, officers were dispatched to the 100-block of W. Vine Street in response to a report of a male suspect inside a parked vehicle. They found a male suspect, later identified as Andrew Suain, inside a pick-up truck. At taser-point, Suain was ordered to place his hands on […]
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Local People: Tara McCoy joins staff of OSU Extension
By Cheryl Splain, KnoxPages.com Reporter MOUNT VERNON — Tara McCoy has joined the staff at OSU Extension. A graduate of The Ohio State University, McCoy will work with large-scale livestock producers as well as the 4-H quality assurance program. McCoy’s position is the first of its kind in the state as well as Knox County. John […]
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Around Ohio: Coshocton County child dies after lightning strike
COSHOCTON – Sheriff Tim Rogers reports that at approximately 12:35 pm Wednesday, the Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call by a local mother reporting her 9 year old son was struck by lightning and was unresponsive in the area of Jefferson Twp. 341. Coshocton County EMS was first on scene with Walhonding Valley […]
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Knox County unemployment rate up in June
By Dylan McCament, KnoxPages.com Reporter MOUNT VERNON – The unemployment rate in Knox County was 4.6 percent in June 2016, up from 4.1 percent in May, according to a recent report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In June 2015, the unemployment rate in the county was 4.8 percent. The report states […]
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Changing face of Gambier – old People’s Bank demolished
GAMBIER – The summer of change continues in the village’s downtown as demolition crews took down the former People’s Bank building earlier this week at the corner of Chase Avenue and Brooklyn Street. Most recently the structure has been used as a black box theater. Plans are for the site to eventually house the Village […]