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The Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival board of trustees announced today that Trina Trainor and Joe Bell have been selected as interim festival co-directors.

A preferred trash hauler service for Mount Vernon seems to be dead in the water following a hearing Monday between city council and three haulers.

To celebrate the ninth year of operation for the faith-based non-profit, TouchPointe recently held a volunteer appreciation luncheon at its Norton Street location in Mount Vernon.

The search for a 15-year-old boy who went missing Tuesday in the Kokosing River has been called off.

Continued, organized recovery efforts are not planned, until further evidence is discovered.

With another school year coming to an end, children are missing out on physical education classes and recess.

Rescue crews were back on the Kokosing River this morning looking for a 15-year-old boy missing since he went under the water while swimming yesterday.

The search has been suspended for a Columbus boy who went under the waters of the Kokosing River ‪Tuesday afternoon‬.
Knox County Sheriff David Shaffer reported that the search for the boy, who is 15, will resume ‪tomorrow morning‬.

The Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival will return to downtown Mount Vernon for a full four days this August.