MOUNT VERNON -- An early morning fire today destroyed Rivers Edge Hunting and Fishing at 306 W. Gambier St.

MOUNT VERNON -- City Council settled some unfinished business on Monday, passing legislation adopting a $34.7 million budget for fiscal year 2008.

MOUNT VERNON -- Two women pleaded guilty on Friday and another was sentenced in criminal cases involving Jason Blubaugh, a confidential informant for the Mount Vernon Police Department.

MOUNT VERNON -- The deadline is fast approaching for farmers to return the mandatory 2007 agriculture census to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, although few area farmers see the value of the exercise.

MOUNT VERNON -- Though it found itself down by one point after the first quarter of play, the Mount Vernon High School girls basketball team didn't panic. The Yellow Jackets overcame the visiting Northridge Vikings to win by 18 points, 45-27, in a nonconference makeup game on Monday night.