Nursing graduates honored
Cheers, applause, and cries of “You go, girl!” “You did it!” and “That’s my mommy!” filled the Mount Vernon High School auditorium Wednesday as the Class of 2008 received diplomas and graduated from the Knox County Career Center School of Practical Nursing.
Pamela Schehl
New lieutenant
Central Ohio Joint Fire District Firefighter/Paramedic Daniel F. Rott, left, was sworn in by Chief Joe Porter on Wednesday as the department’s third lieutenant.
Virgil Shipley
Chief Day reaches milestone
Twenty-five years ago today, Jerry Day was appointed chief of the Fredericktown Police Department. He recalls having only one police car, which he and his two officers shared, when he first took over as chief in 1983. At the time, the police department occupied a back office in the city building on the square.
Melissa Raines
Fundraiser to help library update kids’ reading room
A much-needed update to the storytime reading room at the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County is being financed by the sale of tote bags.
George Breithaupt
Tutu’s daughter speaks at MVNU
Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of Anglican Archbishop and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, gave the first lecture Wednesday evening in Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s “Reconciliation and the Kingdom of God” 2008-2009 Lecture/Artist Series.
Kimberly Orsborn
Freshwater files counterclaim
Last week, R. Kelly Hamilton, attorney for John Freshwater, filed a counterclaim to the civil lawsuit pending in federal district court.
Pamela Schehl
