Knox County

A Food Truck Rally will be hosted by Knox Foodies with COFTA and Ariel Foundation Park on Oct. 4.

To the editor: I'm a teacher at Danville.

Saturday, Oct. 3Fredericktown "Fall Clean-Up Week" begins Saturday with the "Fall Community Garage Sale" and ends on October 10 with "Dumpster Days," which will be held at the Police Department Parking lot on South Main Street.

Exchange Club brings Healing Field to Ariel-Foundation ParkMOUNT VERNON - The Exchange Club of Mount Vernon and Knox County, in partnership with e-Merge Real Estate, is proud to present 500 American flags on 24-hour display at Ariel-Foundation Park at 10 Pittsburgh Ave. in Mount Vernon from Oct. 16-19 in an event called “Knox County Healing Field: Heroes in Our Lives.”Flags may be sponsored for $40 each and taken home at the end of the event to continue the tribute throughout the community as they fly proudly at homes and businesses.

Deadly crash17-year-old Leah  M.

A 17-year-old Fredericktown driver was killed Sept. 26 in an accident at New Delaware Road and Tucker Road in Liberty Township.

Knox County Police Blotter Sept. 22 - 25.

East Knox scored in all three phases of the game … and did it all in the first quarter.

On the roadThe average one-way commute time in Knox County was 25.8 minutes prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the 26th highest travel time among Ohio’s 88 counties.Club NewsThe latest update from the  Knox County Pomona GrangeTake a walk In lieu of its annual mass-gathering walk in faith event, Starting Point is encouraging residents to organize their own prayer walks in neighborhoods in Knox County and around the country.

Alex Mullins of Mount Vernon, OH, Named Economics Management Fellow at Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDELAWARE, OH (09/24/2020)-- Alex Mullins of Mount Vernon, OH, is among 16 first-year students at Ohio Wesleyan University selected as 2020-2021 Economics Management Fellows.The competitive, four-year fellowships are awarded each fall by Ohio Wesleyan's Department of Economics and Business and by the university's Woltemade Center for Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship.At OWU, Mullins intends to major in finance economics.To be considered for the fellowship program, students must indicate an interest in studying economics, business administration management, marketing, finance, accounting, or international business on their OWU applications; have high-school records and/or SAT or ACT scores that indicate a potential for high achievement at Ohio Wesleyan; and complete personal interviews with Economics and Business Department faculty.Being selected for the EMF program ensures the first-year students receive an academic adviser from the Economics and Business Department, receive sophomore or junior peer-mentors as freshmen, and are paired with professional mentors as seniors.Fellows also are enrolled in a first-year seminar open only to them.

Oct. 4With the support of Knox County Litter Prevention and Recycling and the Delaware, Knox, Marion and Morrow Joint Solid Waste District, Kenyon College hosts regular electronic recycling days at the Gambier Community Center.

Mount Vernon, OH-Kokosing Construction Company presented at the Knox County Career Center on Tuesday.

Wayne Grange met on Friday, September 18, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.

The Knox County Pomona Grange met on Monday, September 21, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 29Knox Public Health will be holding flu shots for adults only at the Knox County Fairgrounds.

When students are in high school government classes, they learn about basic values shared by Americans— that is a part of what makes America great.

Saturday, Sept. 26The Teen Writing Program Virtual Generative Workshop partners with Breakbread Literacy for a series of writing workshops for young writers age 13 to 19 in grades 7 to 12.

Fredericktown Police Blotter Sept. 13 - 19 and Knox County Police Blotter Sept. 18 - 22.

Flu shots will be available for adults and children at the Knox County Fairgrounds and Knox Public Health on Tuesday, Sept. 29.

Sept. 17 was the 50th anniversary of the Mount Vernon Lions Club.