City of Mount Vernon OH

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.

Unicorn World, an immersive, interactive and themed event for all ages, will come to Columbus on July 8-9.

(Ruth) Miriam Preston, 100, of Mount Vernon, passed away peacefully on June 18.

Twenty members of Morgan Grange met for their monthly meeting on June 9. Ned Campbell presided over the open meeting. Chodd Armfelt presented a program of his participation in the "Bridges to Prosperity" build in Rwanda.

A funeral service for Kathy “Kat” L. Stafford, 60 of Utica, will be held at the Bladensburg Church of Christ located at 3817 McLarnan Rd. in Bladensburg, Ohio on Friday, June 23, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Ben McKinstry officiating.

MTVarts, a nonprofit, all-volunteer theater company, is proud to present their production of Sister Act for seven performances July 8-16 at the historic Woodward Opera House in downtown Mount Vernon.

Judge John Thatcher found 12 guilty after arraignments and hearings were held in the Mount Vernon Municipal Court on June 16.