The Mount Gilead Post and its commander, Lt. Coby Holloway, hosted an open house yesterday for members of the communities it serves, which includes Knox County.
The Post is at 3980 County Road 172, Mount Gilead, Ohio, about a 22- to-25-minute drive from the Public Square in Mount Vernon.
The event celebrated the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s 90th anniversary. It enables Patrol personnel, including troopers, dispatchers and professional staff, to interact with the public they serve.
The Patrol will partner with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio to help educate families about this free book program for Ohio’s littlest learners. Families with kids under the age of five can enroll their children in the program during the open house. After enrollment, the Imagination Library mails children one book each month until their fifth birthday at no cost to families. All Ohio children are eligible for this program. To learn more, visit https://ohioimaginationlibrary.org.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol began operations on Nov. 15, 1933, when the first 60 patrolmen began patrolling Ohio’s roads after earning their commissions following training at Camp Perry. Throughout the Patrol’s nine decades, the mission has always been the same – to save lives.
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