GAMBIER -- Anthony Devore has plenty of room and trees on his Caves Road farm that he could build a tree house anywhere he wanted for his son to play in. Instead, he purchased a 1926 caboose used on the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad to serve as Anthony II's playhouse.

MOUNT VERNON -- In a brief ceremony on Public Square on Friday, city and county officials congratulated the winners of the first ever Heritage Bicentennial Tree awards. The awards were given to the owners of the largest and oldest trees in Knox County.

MOUNT VERNON -- Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Mavis is encouraging local residents to bring their children to Foundation Park and fish for the freshly stocked fish next weekend.

MOUNT VERNON -- Ohio's open burning season began on March 1 and firefighters from the Eastern Knox County Joint Fire District have already extinguished half a dozen open burn fires, according to Fire Prevention Capt. Chris Willis.

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