Strike up the band
Blazing temperatures on Wednesday did not deter the Mount Vernon High School marching band from perfecting routines for the upcoming football season. (Pam Schehl)
Fast-moving storm causes damage in county
The storm that roared through Knox County Wednesday afternoon took down this big tree and power lines across Main Street in Centerburg. (Virgil Shipley)
‘Horror’ proves to be funny
Seymour Krelbourn, played by Alex Carroll, sings of his indecision to feed his human-eating plant, Audrey II, blood in the musical Little Shop of Horrors. (Kaitlin Durbin)
Underground Railroad museum to open in Utica
A dedication will be held at The Underground Railroad/Black History Museum of Licking County on Friday at 6 p.m. (Submitted photo)
Texas tops MV All-Stars
Mount Vernon’s Luke Wilson puts the tag on Texas Tri-County’s Kevin Daniels to end the first inning of play at the Babe Ruth World Series on Wednesday night. Daniels was caught trying to stretch a single to a double. (Joe Huddleston)
Texas tops MV All-Stars
Ohio’s J.J. Eshelman delivers a pitch with runners on base in the fourth inning of Wednesday’s Babe Ruth World Series game against Texas at Don Edwards Park in Newark. Texas won the game, 11-1. (Joe Huddleston)
Mount Vernon falls in extra innings
Mount Vernon’s Cayleb Cole, left, tags out Fletcher Clark of North Canton during Wednesday’s 11-year-old Little League State Tournament game at Kingsbury Park in Defiance. North Canton knocked Mount Vernon into the Loser’s Bracket with a 12-11 seven-inning loss. (Photo courtesy of the Defiance Crescent-News)
Mount Vernon falls in extra innings
Desmond McCord of Mount Vernon is safe at third after Ben Harris of North Canton can’t come up with the ball during Wednesday’s game in Defiance. North Canton won, 12-11, in seven innings. (Photo courtesy of the Defiance Crescent-News)
Home run champ honored
Brant Curtis, who played for Utica Sertoma, was presented with a trophy for hitting the most home runs in the Little League Machine Pitch division. He hit six over-the-fence home runs this season, as well as 15 inside-the-park home runs. Curtis is the son of Rob and Claudine Curtis of Utica. (Submitted photo)
