MOUNT VERNON — Rivers throughout the state of Ohio are expected to crest by noon on Tuesday, according to a weather update issued today at noon by the National Weather Service.

MOUNT VERNON — Scholarship, leadership and talent are qualities exhibited by all 30 of the participants in the 2011 Distinguished Young Women of Ohio Scholarship Program, formerly the Ohio Junior Miss Scholarship Program, and both of Knox County's representatives stacked up well against the competition.

MOUNT VERNON — Heavy thunderstorms bringing torrents of rain barreled through Knox County during the late evening hours Sunday and all through the early morning hours today.

Center Run that courses north to south through the east side of Mount Vernon was running high and swift this morning. This scene is looking south from the Vine Street bridge.

Old Mansfield Road, between Knox Lake and Ohio 95, was closed early this morning due to large-scale flooding.

DANVILLE — A portion of U.S. 62 will be named in honor of Army Staff Sgt. Shamus Goare if Rep. Margaret Ann Ruhl has her way.

HOWARD — Formerly Hutt's Place, and due to popular demand, the Howard Hilton opened for business Feb. 1.

HILLIARD — For the second straight year, Mount Vernon's Collin Riley is headed to the state wrestling meet.

COSHOCTON — Three Mid-Buckeye Conference wrestlers are about to find out what the big time is all about.

DELAWARE — Outsized, down by 13 points and hip deep in foul trouble. That's not where you want to be in the fourth quarter of any game.

MOUNT VERNON — Talent abounded on the stage of the Memorial Theater in the first night of the Distinguished Young Women Scholarship Program on Friday evening.

CENTERBURG — The First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Centerburg was robbed Friday afternoon by a lone robber.

GAMBIER — It's not unusual these days to see in the law reports where someone pumped gas at a station then drove off without paying. In most cases, the incident is reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Some stations have cameras and can get a license number to track down the suspect.

MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon city officials met with ODOT representatives this week to discuss the project to widen Coshocton Avenue according to Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Mavis.

MOUNT VERNON — A Centerburg man was sentenced to prison by Knox County Common Pleas Court Judge Otho Eyster on Friday for breaking into a Martinsburg gas station and stealing cigarettes.

MOUNT VERNON — As the protests by the citizens of Libya continue with bloody reprisals by Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi, Mary Jacklin, mother of Mount Vernon resident Bruce Jacklin, has a very good idea of what the Libyans are going through.