Taking it to the Streets

CENTERBURG — New school board member Colby Clippinger and the re-elected Lynn McCann took the oath of office Monday as the Centerburg Board of Education reorganized for 2012.

UTICA — Organizing for 2012, the North Fork school board on Monday welcomed newly-elected board members Theresa Magers and Lori Stradley.

MOUNT VERNON — Richard McLarnan was again elected president when the Knox County Educational Service Center board reorganized for 2012 on Wednesday.

Like December, January 1862 was a fairly quiet time in the Civil War. There were a few actions, especially in West Virginia, Missouri and coastal North Carolina, but the big battles and the carnage were still to come.

MOUNT VERNON — Say hello to the Mount Vernon Colt Football League.

HOWARD — The East Knox Bulldogs let one slip away at the foul line as the visiting Mount Gilead Indians edged out a 50-49 win in non-conference girls high school basketball action on Wednesday.

MOUNT VERNON — Knox County grew in the 2010 Census, which increased the salaries of elected officials, but those salaries are now set for the next 10 years.

MOUNT VERNON — Megan Peterson, 19, Mount Vernon, has been on probation since her conviction in May on vehicular homicide and vehicular assault charges. Now she’s back in court again, this time on felonious assault and domestic violence charges.

MOUNT VERNON — Proud of the progress made in both Knox County Government offices managed by the Clerk of Courts and optimistic about its future, Knox County Clerk of Courts Mary Jo Hawkins, has announced she will see re-election in the November 2012 election to the office she has held since 1999.

DANVILLE — For a while, defense ruled. But once the Fredericktown Freddies and the Danville Blue Devils turned up the offense in the second half, the host Devils fell just short.

HOWARD — A strong third quarter helped Centerburg pull away from East Knox on Tuesday, as the Trojans won the Mid-Buckeye Conference tilt, 63-44.

MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon City Council's legislative meeting was dominated by discussion of the tractor-trailers in the city's residential neighborhoods, mainly the East High Street area.

UTICA — Two new council members and a new mayor were welcomed when Utica Village Council met Monday evening at town hall.

MOUNT VERNON — All appears to be going well in the initial stages of the new Collabor8 program with Knox County Jobs & Family Services.

MOUNT VERNON — Allen Stockberger will serve as president of the Knox County commissioners in 2012.

MOUNT VERNON — The old dog pound, now used by the Knox County Humane Society, needs repairs and the cat building parking lot is plagued by potholes, humane society representatives told the county commissioners Monday afternoon.

MOUNT VERNON — The door is now closed for business at the Mount Vernon location of 84 Lumber, 665 Harcourt Road.

MOUNT GILEAD — A veteran Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper is the new Commander at the Mount Gilead Post.

MOUNT VERNON — State Rep. Rex Damshroder, R-Fremont, in December introduced a bill which would suspend retirement payments to public employees who are still working in the public sector.