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Matthew Gienger, 58, Heath, escaped with only bruises Monday when he upset his propane truck at about 10:22 a.m., on New Delaware Road near Tucker Road.

The Mount Vernon Baldwin Shrine Club received a check for $1,000 that goes to Shriners hospitals for care of children with injuries and illnesses, at their annual meeting Wednesday evening

Two commissioners will start new terms after the first of the year. They were sworn into office Thursday morning by State Representative Margaret Ann Ruhl

If you’re paying attention, you’ll notice Santa having a hard time getting into a home on Buena Vista Avenue on the northside of Mount Vernon.

The driver of this car, Lisa Wever, 38, Centerburg, was treated and released at Ohio State University Medical Center with injuries following a crash Tuesday at 4:04 p.m.

On Tuesday morning, the Highland Middle School held its choir and band concerts.

he Utica Area Foundation and members of local veterans groups took part in the “Wreaths Across America” ceremony recognized nationally on Saturday.

The preschool class of St. Vincent de Paul, with Heather Canter, center, performs “Star Light, Star Bright” at the Memorial Theater on Tuesday night.

A few Knox County veteran families received a little treat for the holidays Tuesday. Baker’s IGA decided to donate boxes of food to the Knox County Veterans Service Office to distribute to area veterans in Knox County.

The Mount Vernon High School Music Department presented a holiday band concert Monday evening in the R.R. Hodges Auditorium at the Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

Fitting in with the Mount Vernon Christmas Parade’s theme of “Comic Strip Christmas,” this Snoopy with Woodstock and lit up Christmas tree with packages underneath in the front yard of Wooster Avenue will make you smile.

On Monday, Wiggin Street Elementary first-graders performed three traditional Christmas songs, “Must Be Santa,” “Star Light, Star Bright” and “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas” for parents and friends at a packed Rosse Hall on the Kenyon College Campus in Gambier.

“Always look on the bright side” is the message this year from the Hair-Port and the characters from the animated film, “Trolls.”

The Building Trades class at the Knox County Career Center worked at the new Escape Zone earlier this month at the old Ohio National Guard Armory on Mansfield Avenue.

Expansion at The People’s Bank at 11423 Upper Gilchrist Road was celebrated Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in conjunction with the Knox County Chamber of Commerce.