Mount Vernon News

Mount Vernon Municipal Court: 273 cases on docket, April 8-12, 2024

By Kate Sarmiento | Apr 3, 2024

The following 273 cases are on the Mount Vernon Municipal Court docket for the week of April 8-12, 2024

Mount Vernon Municipal Court: 125 cases on docket, Dec. 18-22, 2023

By Kate Sarmiento | Dec 14, 2023

The following 125 cases are on the Mount Vernon Municipal Court docket for the week of Dec. 18-22, 2023

Mount Vernon History: City Election Turnout in off-year elections

By Kate Sarmiento | Nov 3, 2023

How many Mount Vernon voters will cast ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 7?

Mount Vernon History for Nov. 1, 1812: Mount Vernon men gather to fight in the War of 1812

By Kate Sarmiento | Nov 1, 2023

Seven years after he helped start Mount Vernon, city founding father Joseph Walker was organizing a volunteer company of Knox County men to fight for the United States in the War of 1812.

Mount Vernon Nov. 7 election preview: City leaders unopposed; Abortion limit ban and marijuana legalization on the ballot

By Kate Sarmiento | Nov 1, 2023

The Mount Vernon Nov. 7 ballot includes two statewide ballot initiatives that have been fiercely competitive-- one that will bar the Ohio state legislature from limiting abortion in the state, and another to legalize marijuana-- and two proposed county-wide property tax hikes.

Mount Vernon History for Oct. 29, 1815: Birth of Mount Vernon native Daniel Decatur Emmett, famous songwriter of "Dixie," played by Bing Crosby in a feature film

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 29, 2023

Daniel Decatur Emmett (1815 - 1904), best known for composing the song, "Dixie," was born and died in Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon History: Oct. 28, 1942, former Mount Vernon Mayor Dick Mavis is born

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 28, 2023

Former Mount Vernon Mayor Dick Mavis was born on Oct. 28, 1942.

MVN Nov. 6 - Nov. 12 Community

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 27, 2023

MVN Nov. 6 - Nov. 12 Community

MVN Nov. 6 - Nov. 12 K-12

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 27, 2023

MVN Nov. 6 - Nov. 12 K-12

MVN Nov. 6 - Nov. 12 Gov

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 27, 2023

MVN Nov. 6 - Nov. 12 Gov

MVN Nov. 6 - Nov. 12 Family

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 27, 2023

MVN Nov. 6 - Nov. 12 Family

Mount Vernon Municipal Court: 113 cases on docket, Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2023

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 27, 2023

The following 113 cases are on the Mount Vernon Municipal Court docket for the week of Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 2023.

Mount Vernon History for Oct. 24, 1808: County offers $1.50 per dead wolf

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 25, 2023

Meeting in Mount Vernon, the Knox County Board of Commissioners approves an order that the county treasurer will pay $1.50 to anyone who kills a grown wolf.

Mt. Vernon History for Oct. 23, 1806: First birth in Mount Vernon

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 25, 2023

The first child was born in the town of Mt. Vernon-- Joseph Knox Butler, the son of Benjamin Butler, a town founder, and Leah Rogers Butler.

Mt. Vernon History for Oct. 23, 1896: Death of Columbus Delano, Mount Vernon native and Yellowstone Park founder

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 25, 2023

Mount Vernon was a fledgling new town when Columbus Delano (1809-1896) moved here from Vermont at age eight, in 1817.

Knox Public Health celebrates its Chamber of Commerce leadership graduates

By Kate Sarmiento | Oct 24, 2023

Knox Public Health Patient Care Navigator Lillian Collins and Public Health Nurse Natasha Lester were part of the Knox County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 2023.