City of Mount Vernon OH

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215 E Sugar Street, Mount Vernon, OH 43050-2556

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Ruby Pearl Tignor Riedel
Jan 28, 2023
Ruby Pearl Tignor Riedel, 91, passed away at her home on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.
KCCC strengthens school safety plan
Jan 28, 2023
Knox County Career Center (KCCC) has added additional layers to its KCCC School Safety Plan.
Third annual COTC town hall meeting at Knox campus: Intel, workforce growth and impacts
Jan 28, 2023
Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) is holding a town hall meeting at its Knox campus (236 S. Main St., Mount Vernon) on Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 3–4:30 p.m.
COTC alumna reflects on career, from student to registered nurse to now instructor
Jan 28, 2023
Sherry Engle of Pataskala treasures the generous cache of memories she stored up during her nursing years — a career’s worth of interactions that collectively illustrate the human touch she knows is vital to patients’ well-being.
Knox County Pomona Grange
Jan 28, 2023
The Knox County Pomona Grange met on Monday, Jan. 16, at Monroe-Dan Emmett Grange.
Mount Vernon City Council OKs $59.6 million in 2023 appropriations
Jan 28, 2023
The Mount Vernon City Council approved a total of $59.6 million in appropriations for 2023 during its Monday, Jan. 23 meeting.
Brenneman retires as United Way of Knox County executive director
Jan 28, 2023
United Way of Knox County Executive Director Kelly Brenneman will retire on May 31 from the position she has held since 2015.
Austin Lee Castle
Jan 28, 2023
Austin Lee Castle, 25, of Knox County passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.
Gardening terms one needs to know in planning your garden
Jan 28, 2023
If you are ordering seeds or plants now, getting ready to plant flower or vegetable seeds early indoors or just dreaming of warm spring weather to plant in your garden, there are many terms to keep in mind.
Newton Elementary honors students
Jan 25, 2023
Newton Elementary has released the following list of students named to its Distrinction Roll, Honor Roll and Merit Roll for the second quarter of the 2022-23 school year.
Milestones
Jan 25, 2023
Dean's List
Danville Elementary honors students
Jan 25, 2023
Danville Elementary released the following list of students named to its Principal's List, Honor Roll and Star Students for the second quarter of the 2022-23 school year.
ADF does ‘extraordinary work’ in workforce development
Jan 25, 2023
The Area Development Foundation of Knox County (ADF) has been doing some extraordinary work in workforce development activities, Mayor Matt Starr told the Mount Vernon News.
Danville Auction
Jan 25, 2023
Danville Auction, 15780 Body Road, Danville, auction results, auction date 1/21/23.
William Bott Smeyser
Jan 25, 2023
William Bott Smyser, 83, of Mount Vernon passed away on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at The Ohio Eastern Star Home.
Laura (DeBoard) White
Jan 25, 2023
Laura (DeBoard) White, 93, of Centerburg passed away Jan. 22, 2023, at KCH.
Ronald Kelley Boyer
Jan 24, 2023
Ronald Kelley Boyer, 81, of Circleville passed away on Jan. 23, 2023.
Community Calendar
Jan 24, 2023
Wednesday, Jan. 25
Mount Vernon police department plans move to Sychar Road
Jan 24, 2023
The City of Mount Vernon entered into agreements to purchase four property parcels on and near the Public Square last spring to allow the municipal court to move to a new location since the costs of renovating the court’s current building at 5 Gay St. have become prohibitively expensive.
Church at Chapel Hill
Jan 21, 2023
Church at Chapel Hill schedule