City of Mount Vernon

Sandra J. Finnell, 60, of Mount Vernon, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center in Columbus surrounded by her loving family.

The Knox County Genealogy Society will host a special speaker Monday, May 15, at the COTC building downtown at 7 p.m.

The Hocking County Historical Society is holding an online auction of historic barn paintings to benefit 10 historical societies throughout Ohio, including those in the following counties: Shelby, Champaign, Fulton, Stark, Portage, Ashland, Summit, Wood, Ross and Hocking.

The Ohio Center for Law-Related Education (OCLRE) hosted its annual high school Moot Court State Competition at the Thomas J. Moyer Judicial Center in Columbus, Ohio May 5.

The Mount Vernon Municipal Planning Commission voted to recommend that the city council reject a request to rezone approximately 40 acres of property along Vernonview Drive to the R-3 multiple-family district.

Residential electric customers using Mount Vernon’s utility aggregation program might be saving about $40 more per month compared to what AEP will charge its customers after a June 1 rate hike.

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The Clever Clovers 4-H Club met at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 17, at Mulberry Street United Methodist Church.

John Mann Nielson was born June 30, 1943, in Waterville, Vermont and died surrounded by love on April 28, 2023, at Brookdale Senior Solutions in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Mary Richards Daley passed away at Riverside Rehabilitation and Healing Center in New York, New York on April 18, 2023, after a long illness.

Barry L. Bishop, 76, passed away peacefully on April 30, 2023, at his home in Westerville.

Kathryn A. White, 75, of Centerburg, passed away May 1, 2023, surrounded by her family.

Organist Chelsea Chen will perform on Sunday, May 7, at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Coshocton Presbyterian Church on the church's Taylor and Boody tracker-action pipe organ.

Ohio is now the next target of the abortion industry.

Community Calendar, Saturday, May 6

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MOUNT VERNON – The Mount Vernon Fire Department honored a retiring firefighter for his long service to the city and a Kenyon College student for her work volunteering and for her service.

Donald “Belch” Belcher, 85, of Sparta, passed away Friday, April 28, 2023, at Morrow Manor in Chesterville following a several-month illness.