Taking it to the Streets

NEWARK — Gail W. Hatfield, 43, Centerburg, has been indicted in Licking County on several felony counts involving theft.

CENTERBURG — Nevaeh Smith was named Miss Snowflake and Colton May was named Jack Frost on Saturday during the Centerburg Heart of Ohio Women’s Club "Lunch with Santa."

MOUNT VERNON — Displays heralding the holiday season fill the windows of downtown businesses, with the The Woolson Spice Co. earning the award of Best Overall Christmas Window Display in the 2009 Heritage Centre Association Christmas Window Display contest.

Sixty-eight years ago today, at 7:53 a.m., the Japanese started their attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor on Hawaii's island of Oahu.

MOUNT VERNON — Preliminary plans for the Woodward Opera House in 2010 call for moving the offices of the visitors bureau and expanding ThePlace@The Woodward.

FREDERICKTOWN — The Christmas spirit was all over Fredericktown on Sunday afternoon during the annual Fredericktown Christmas Walk, held each year to benefit Food For the Hungry in the Fredericktown area.

MOUNT VERNON — One of the features that can be found in Knox County is the beauty of its parks, trails and rivers.

HOWARD — It wasn't about the final score. Or the fact that former OSU basketball stand-out Jay Burson stole the show. Saturday night's basketball game that pitted OSU alumni against an East Knox team was all about the fan-fare.

DANVILLE — The Danville High School boys basketball team got off to a great start under first-year coach Doug Selvey on Saturday night.

MOUNT VERNON — Heavyweight Dane Cullen pinned Jordan Finney of Westland at 1:57 of the first period to lead the Mount Vernon wrestling team to a second-place finish at the 2009 Wazie Tournament at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday.

FREDERICKTOWN — The tone was set on the opening tip Saturday — Centerburg came ready to play.

UTICA — Defensive muscle in the second half and 20 points from post player Tamara Londot helped lift the Utica Redskins to a 60-39 win over the Licking Valley Panthers in nonconference girls basketball action on Tuesday.

MOUNT VERNON — The end result wasn’t exactly what coach Doug Savage had hoped for, but the effort his team gave was.

MOUNT VERNON — "It's been a phenomenal year for corn. All of our bins are full, and it will be Thursday before we can take more corn," said Phil Pearce, branch manager of the Central Ohio Farmer’s Co-Op.

MOUNT VERNON — The Knox County Township Association elected its leadership for 2010 during its quarterly meeting Tuesday at the Memorial Building.

MOUNT VERNON — A number of residents around the county have received notifications from the auditor’s office of value changes to their properties, which will affect their next property taxes.

MOUNT VERNON — The investigation into a shooting near Martinsburg on Sunday night, which left one man hospitalized, is continuing by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.

MOUNT VERNON — The Sunday before deer-gun season in Ohio is traditionally the peak day of the year for hunting license sales and this year seemed to be no exception.

CENTERBURG — Highland and Centerburg locked down into a battle Saturday that needed every bit of the 32 minutes to decide the winner.

MOUNT VERNON — It was back to the mats on Saturday night as area high school wrestlers got a final dress rehearsal before the regular season kicks off.