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Shop owners reclaim festival sidewalks

By John Wareham | Aug 10, 2019

Much of the activity of the Dan Emmett Festival in downtown Mount Vernon involves the vendors and the booths along South Main Street.

Seminar explains recovery housing

By John Wareham | Aug 8, 2019

The 2019 KSAAT Knox Addiction Conference at Mount Vernon Nazarene University concluded its second and final day Wednesday with a series of addiction-related seminars, including the Recovery Housing as a Foundation of Recovery event, moderated by Amy Smart of the Riverside Recovery House.

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Drug courts discussed at KSAAT conference

By John Wareham | Aug 7, 2019

The Knox Substance Abuse Action Team (KSAAT) started its two-day conference Tuesday at Mount Vernon Nazarene University and one of the panel discussions on the first day was about Alternative Rehabilitation Making Offenders Responsible (ARMOR) Court, which is Knox County Common Pleas Court’s drug court.

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National Night Out in Fredericktown

By John Wareham | Aug 7, 2019

First responders from all over the county gathered in Fredericktown for the annual National Night Out event that took up much of the village’s square Tuesday night.

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Biking for cancer research

By John Wareham | Aug 5, 2019

Pelotonia presented bike rides all over the state to raise money for cancer research and several legs of those rides ended at Kenyon College on Saturday.

Paid daytime staff mark first year at Fredericktown Fire

By John Wareham | Aug 3, 2019

The hiring of two daytime firefighters at the Fredericktown Community Fire District has proven to be a valuable addition to the emergency services in the county, according to Fire Chief Scott Mast.

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Mount Vernon women indicted after escape

By John Wareham | Aug 2, 2019

A Mount Vernon woman was indicted by the grand jury Monday on two misdemeanors and a felony after she escaped custody from police.

Three cases, three years in jail for Ward

By John Wareham | Aug 2, 2019

A Fredericktown man was sentenced to almost three years in prison in the Knox County Court of Common Pleas after three of his cases were completed on the same day.

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Ropin’ up a wild time at the fair

By John Wareham | Jul 26, 2019

The last two nights of the Knox County Fair feature some of the bigger grandstand events. On Friday, it was a full-scale rodeo, complete with multiple events like steer wrestling and calf roping along with horse and bull riding.

Scott gets 10 years for drug trafficking

By John Wareham | Jul 26, 2019

A Mount Vernon man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday on two counts of drug trafficking after he was found guilty in a two-day jury trial that concluded on July 10.

Heritage Ohio gives revitalization findings

By John Wareham | Jul 25, 2019

Fredericktown continued on the path of revitalization Tuesday when one of the representatives from Heritage Ohio came to the village to deliver her report after previous visits there.

Butler charged for threats with box cutter at Freedom Center

By John Wareham | Jul 24, 2019

A Mount Vernon man was arrested after an incident July 19 at the Freedom Center that involved a box cutter.

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Contest Challenge the ultimate for equestrians

By John Wareham | Jul 23, 2019

For horse riders, the Contest Challenge event on the second day of the Knox County Fair is the penultimate experience.

History of domestic violence results in felony charge for Mount Vernon man

By John Wareham | Jul 23, 2019

A Mount Vernon man was indicted on a felony domestic violence count by the Knox County grand jury July 16.

Homeless man guilty of failure to register

By John Wareham | Jul 23, 2019

A homeless sex offender was found guilty after a bench trial on a failure to register charge.

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Cops trained to detect drug impairment, as well as alcohol

By John Wareham | Jul 23, 2019

The Fredericktown Police Department held its Neighborhood Watch Meeting on Saturday morning and the topic was impaired driving enforcement.

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4-H’ers style lamb projects to meet market demands

By John Wareham | Jul 22, 2019

One of the main features of the Knox County Fair is the livestock facilities and ways in which the various kinds of animals are shown and sold.

Fredericktown water system repair begins

By John Wareham | Jul 20, 2019

The village of Fredericktown will be making repairs to the town’s water system Monday.

McCown sentenced for two assault charges

By John Wareham | Jul 19, 2019

A Knox County-based MMA fighter was sentenced to a term of community control in the Knox County Court of Common Pleas after he had submitted a plea of guilty to two assault charges that occurred out of the ring.

Arguments heard in failure to register bench trial

By John Wareham | Jul 17, 2019

Instead of a jury trial or no trial, a homeless man elected to have a bench trial to determine his fate on charges of failure to provide change of address.