Election 2008
Directives driving up election costs
A year of unfunded directives from higher up the governmental ladder sent representatives of the Knox County Board of Elections to the county commissioners Thursday to request additional funding.
Mark S. Jordan
Gallogly, Lybarger square off for recorder
On Election Day, incumbent Knox County Recorder John Lybarger faces a challenger in Lea Gallogly.
Fred Main
Dailey, Space vie for 18th District seat
reshman Democratic Congressman Zack Space of Dover is defending his seat as representative of the 18th Ohio Congressional District against Mount Vernon’s own Fred Dailey, a Republican newcomer to elected office who nonetheless has decades of experience moving in political circles as director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture and other high-ranking organizations.
Mark S. Jordan
Freshwater Hearing
Morning hearing update
Simon Souhrada, a 17-year-old junior at Mount Vernon High School, testified this morning in the termination hearing of John Freshwater.
Medical expert testifies at hearing
Expert medical testimony was introduced during Thursday’s session of the contract termination hearing of suspended Mount Vernon Middle School science teacher John Freshwater. Dr. David Levy, chairman of the department of emergency medicine at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, was called as a witness by David Millstone, the attorney for the Mount Vernon Board of Education.
Pamela Schehl
Traffic Alert
Bridge to be moved Sunday
Dingey House Movers, a contractor for the city of Mount Vernon, will be moving a bow string truss bridge on Sunday at 9 a.m. from the Bladensburg area to Foundation Park in Mount Vernon.
