City of Mount Vernon

The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging Inc. received funding from USAging’s Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative (ADVC).

Join us for a free Doc Talk on July 18, from 5 to 6 p.m. Dr. Andrew McNicol will inform us about the causes and treatment options for one of the most common concerns – low back pain.

After a three-year absence, the Mount Vernon Music and Arts Festival Flower Show will once again be back and sponsored by the Knox County Garden Clubs.

For further details of the sentencings, please visit the court website at MountVernonMunicipalCourt.org.

Greer Street will be closed for manhole repair between Coshocton Avenue and Chestunut Street until 3:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, June 27.

I am writing to express my strong opposition to the current effort in Ohio to require a majority for citizen-led amendments to the state constitution.

Bonnie Jean Mechling, loving mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ surrounded by her loving family.

City utility customers can “Pour It Forward” to help their neighbors with their utility bills in a program suggested by a city employee.

Residents and businesses can no longer put temporary signs in the city’s right-of-way, Mount Vernon announced on June 14, and beginning on July 15, any found will be removed.

The Fire Department held a ceremonial sendoff for the Paddles for Heroes group of kayakers who launched from Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge at Memorial Park on June 10, Christopher said. The kayakers will paddle all the way to Marietta, Ohio.

MOUNT VERNON – A hotel developer got approval during a meeting on Wednesday from the Mount Vernon Board of Zoning Appeal for height and setback variances to build a Hampton Inn hotel on Venture Drive.

Amelia Murphey initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa.

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Sitterley, Vandervoort & Nixon Ltd. has expanded its Central Ohio reach by adding experienced litigator Sara M. Valentine as a principal member.

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Seek-No-Further Cidery, based in Granville, Ohio, was recognized at the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition (GLINTCAP) with a gold medal for their cider, After the GoldRush.

Residents in the Centerburg and Homer areas in Knox County might have seen low-flying yellow aircraft only 100 feet above treetops as they performed aerial treatments to control populations of the spongy moth in Ohio.

For the first time, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation has identified some confiscated drugs as “rainbow fentanyl,” the deadly colorful pills designed to resemble candy that drug traffickers are using to drive addiction among young people, Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

The board of directors of The Elinor & T.W. Miller, Jr. Foundation, Orlando, Florida has approved a grant in the amount of $10,000 in support of Hospice of North Central Ohio’s “Camp Hope” children’s bereavement camp.

The Knox County Pomona Grange met at Harrison Grange on June 19.