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News from June 2019

Air bubble drops water line pressure

By Nick Sabo | Jun 29, 2019

The Yellow Jacket Drive water line is in, but hasn’t been holding the required water pressure.

Dan Emmett Festival committee asks for input

By Mount Vernon News | Jun 29, 2019

The Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival board of trustees and operations committee is asking for the community’s feedback as it moves toward this year’s event and a re-brand in 2020.

Carolyn S. Harmon

By Mount Vernon News | Jun 29, 2019

Carolyn S. Harmon, 71, of Mount Vernon passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019, at the Smithville Western Care Center in Wooster.

Carolyn J. Thompson

By Mount Vernon News | Jun 29, 2019

Carolyn J. Thompson, 70, of Fredericktown passed away Friday afternoon, June 28, 2019, at her home.

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Store’s beehive hangs out near the ice cream

By Larry Di Giovanni | Jun 29, 2019

It is a bit disconcerting to eat one’s peanut cluster ice cream inside the Locust Corners Bulk Food & Deli Store knowing that, just a few feet from your chair, there are around 15,000 European honeybees buzzing around.

Schools expect little change in state funding

By Katie Ellington | Jun 29, 2019

With a July 1 deadline looming, members of the Ohio General Assembly are still debating House Bill 166, which will outline the state budget for the two-year period beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2021.

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County parking lots undergo changes

By Larry Di Giovanni | Jun 29, 2019

Changes in traffic flow have been made for two Knox County-owned parking lots on East Chestnut Street, following the sealing and restriping of one of those parking lots — the Knox County Courthouse parking lot — last weekend.

Will the gas tax increase Monday affect your driving habits?

By Mount Vernon News | Jun 29, 2019

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Knox County Fourth of July fireworks, events

By Mount Vernon News | Jun 29, 2019

Ariel-Foundation Park will host Mount Vernon’s fireworks on Thursday, July 4; Fredericktown will hold their annual Fourth of July celebration sponsored by the Fredericktown Recreation District at Community Park, located on Ohio 95 East, July 4; The Gambier July 4 celebration, which includes the annual parade and picnic, will be held back uptown.

James Clinton Fawcett

By Mount Vernon News | Jun 28, 2019

James Clinton Fawcett, born April 16, 1941, passed away peacefully (but if you knew him, not quietly) at his home in Florida on Tuesday, June 18, 2019.

Carolyn Sue Harmon

By Mount Vernon News | Jun 28, 2019

Carolyn Sue Harmon, 71, of Wooster, formerly of Mount Vernon, passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at the Smithville Western Care Center.

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Wally Road trail corridor proposed

By Larry Di Giovanni | Jun 28, 2019

Bids were opened before Knox County Commissioners Thursday for the county’s Parrott Street Bridge Replacement project.

Body found in river ID’d as missing teenager

By John Wareham | Jun 28, 2019

Authorities have confirmed the identity of the body discovered in the Muskingum River near Dresden as that of the teen missing from Knox County.

Two sentenced after October 2018 drug raid on residence

By John Wareham | Jun 28, 2019

Two men were sentenced in the Knox County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday in connection with a drug raid that was executed at a residence on East Gambier Street in October.

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Hoopin’ it up at MVNU

By Geoff Cowles | Jun 28, 2019

College basketball may be your dream or you may be trying out basketball for the first time.

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Gordmans opens with donation to MVHS

By Joshua Morrison | Jun 28, 2019

Gordmans, 1548 Coshocton Road, opened on Friday morning. Before the ribbon-cutting, a donation of $1,000 was made to Mount Vernon High School.

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Double, double toil and trouble

By Joshua Morrison | Jun 28, 2019

The Mount Vernon Shakespeare Players are performing “Macbeth” this weekend at the Faith Lutheran Church Stone Garden, Old Mansfield Road.

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Good samaritans rescue man, dog

By Lily Nickel | Jun 28, 2019

A relaxing day on the lake quickly took a turn for the worse on Thursday afternoon.

One injured in crash with Amish buggy

By John Wareham | Jun 27, 2019

One adult received minor injuries in an accident that involved a car and an Amish buggy Saturday on Newcastle Road near Flack Road just inside the Coshocton County line.

Barbara Sue Bloom

By Mount Vernon News | Jun 27, 2019

Barbara Sue Bloom, 72, of Mount Vernon, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

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