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Scammers are coming for you, and their entry point is often your cellphone.

Knox County commissioners approved a Bridge Inspection Services agreement Thursday in the amount of $18,700 with John Wackerly Inspection, LLC of Columbus.

Four new employees and a new fire truck highlighted the year for the Mount Vernon Fire Department.

Mrs. Ilah Jean Staats was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award Jan. 27, 2019, for her faithful dedication to the Howard United Church.

In January, the Knox County Land Bank began offering a webpage, part of the Area Development Foundation website, which uses realty-company prose to offer properties for sale to potential buyers.

A Mount Vernon man charged with involuntary manslaughter pleaded guilty Thursday in a hearing in Knox County Common Pleas Court.

Knox County Commissioners unanimously selected FreePoint Energy Solutions over FirstEnergy Solutions in a competitive bid to become the county Water and Wastewater Department’s electrical energy provider the next 14 months.

The Knox County Common Pleas Court indicted 13 people for the charge of Failure to Appear on Jan. 28, a felony of the fourth degree.

The North Fork Board of Education voted at its Monday meeting to put a renewal of the current income tax levy on the May 7 ballot.

As U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown prepared to take off on a “listening tour” of early presidential campaign states, he was already sounding like a presidential candidate.

When it was torn down in early January, the building at 22 E. Ohio Ave., often simply referred to as The Office Bar, revealed a small mystery.

While their peers are enjoying a day off school, Mount Vernon High School’s Sarah Lord (senior) and Caleb Zak (junior) are hard at work.

A shortage in Knox County has made it difficult for parents to find quality child care programs.

A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means periods of snow will cause primarily travel difficulties.

Christina Reiheld has recently been sworn in as the new Magistrate of Knox County Juvenile and Probate Court.