DANVILLE -- Knox County Catholics say they were pleased with Pope Benedict XVI's recent visit to the United States.

MOUNT VERNON -- After an extended executive session Tuesday morning, the Mount Vernon City Schools Board of Education and administration decided to have an independent party investigate allegations made against eighth-grade science teacher John Freshwater.

GAMBIER -- The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould wrote a radio show in the 1970s called "The Idea of North."In it, Gould assembled a collage of interviews, sound effects, music and narration to explore what the idea of the Far North had become to humankind. He sought to simultaneously evoke the viscerally real extreme weather conditions and the otherworldly, solitary state of mind generated by the Arctic.

MOUNT VERNON -- Unemployment in Knox County rose in the month of March, according to data released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

DANVILLE -- With Tuesday's warm weather pointing toward summer and fair season, this year's Pork Queen and Princess were named at the Knox County Pork Council's banquet.

JOHNSTOWN -- The two softball leaders of the Mid-Buckeye Conference met at Johnstown High School Tuesday night for a very well-played game. Both schools hit well, but in the end the Johnnies outscored the Utica Redskins to win, 7-4.