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The only homeless shelter in Mount Vernon or Knox County is scheduled to open for the winter Nov. 1 amid a landscape that has changed dramatically from a year ago because of COVID-19.

Businesses in Mount Vernon and across Knox County have received $491,000 in grants and loans using funds raised locally to help those businesses stay solvent in the economic downturn.

Seventy years to the day, the Lustron home on Lamartine Street in Mount Vernon was rededicated with a blessing by a descendent of the original homeowner/builder.

Volunteers from across Mount Vernon headed to the Kokosing River this Saturday morning for the annual cleanup.

COVID-19 cases have “leveled off” in Knox County from earlier this summer; but the virus persists with positive cases, averaging one a day, Knox Public Health reported Wednesday.

Concerned over the lack of progress on legislation proposed months ago, Mount Vernon residents Franklin Walker and Andrea White came before a Mount Vernon City Council meeting Monday evening to re-affirm the need for action.

Center of Hope is a nonprofit organization and food bank started in 2019 that works to address the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of economically disadvantaged individuals and families in Ohio.

Mount Vernon received $650,000 in federal Community Development Block Grants for infrastructure improvements in the city.

Children will continue to receive free meals through the four local school districts in Knox County through the end of 2020 as the US. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an extension of summer meal programs until funding runs out.