MOUNT VERNON -- Entering its 10th year, the Newspaper In Education program at the Mount Vernon News is coordinated by Michelle Hartman. Hartman has experience in both newspapers and education, and combines those skills to produce the various NIE pages, study guides and teachers’guides.

MOUNT VERNON -- The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a rash of weekend vandalism complaints from the Centerburg area.

MOUNT VERNON -- Awards and commendations led off Monday’s meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education. The board first commended Columbia Elementary students Heather Tharp and Erica Wilcox for placing in the national Reading Recovery art contest.

GAMBIER -- A controlled bow hunt slated to take place in a ravine within village property drew fire from a pair of residents at Monday’s council meeting.

HOWARD -- The majority of Howard residents are unaware of an artfully alternative magazine being published in their town by Christoph Meyer, who lives with his family in the renovated 1873 mill in downtown Howard.

MOUNT VERNON -- The communitywide Beaded Pouch Project culminated in the opening of a month-long show at Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Fine Arts Center on Sunday.

MOUNT VERNON -- All across the United States, there are a variety of leagues to teach children the skills of basketball, but one is setting itself apart from the others, particularly in the Knox County area. The Upward Basketball program wrapped up another successful season on Saturday night, which saw participants in grades one through six develop their skills, both on and off the court.