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Students making outstanding progress in academics, social skills and community service were applauded Tuesday during the Education in Action Award program.

Where else can you dissect owl pellets and eat bugs?

Crickets on South Main opened its doors Wednesday at 120 S. Main St. to give the community a chance to shop from their various vendors for items from the past that will make the look and feel of their home seem vintage and timeless.

The best of the best in area collegiate culinary competitors gathered at Kenyon College on Tuesday evening to compete in the annual Platinum Chef competition, modeled after the Food Network show “Chopped.”

Periodic fires are part of a healthy lifestyle for prairies and meadows, so teams of volunteers organized by the Knox County Park District stage controlled burns on meadow areas at Wolf Run Regional Park and Honey Run Highlands.

East Elementary School fielded the champion team in the 2017 Knox County Schools Fifth-grade Battle of the Books Competition.

The Gund Commons at Kenyon College was abuzz Saturday afternoon as the Soroptimist International of Mount Vernon and Knox County presented the “Step Into Spring” 2017 Fashion Show and Luncheon.

The Knox County Career Center hosted the 2017 State FFA Nursery Landscape Career Development Event Wednesday and Thursday.

Mount Vernon High School students in Ryan Shoemaker’s and Stephen Farmer’s biology classes have been involved in a semester-long research project with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis.

The Developmental Disabilities Awareness Luncheon Tuesday provided insightful, real life stories of individuals with disabilities and awarded exceptional members of the developmental disabilities world.

On Tuesday, Wiggin Street Elementary third-graders joined Opera Columbus cast members on stage at the Memorial Theater for the Youth Enrichment Series performance of “Three Billy Goats Gruff” and entertained fellow third-graders from all around the county.

Local law enforcement learned their role when working with one of Danville Police’s K9 units during a training session Friday.

After six months without downtown’s flagship restaurant, the much anticipated re-opening of The Alcove is only days away.