Life Safety Expo teaches lessons
With an assist by Mount Vernon firefighter Trevor Williams, 7-year-old Titus Snow practices using an escape ladder Sunday at the Life Safety Expo held at the Mount Vernon Fire Department. (Pam Schehl)


Studying outside on a nice day
The late afternoon October sun slanted across the Kenyon College campus on Sunday afternoon highlighing the golden fall leaves. In the foreground Emma Lewis, a freshman from Worthington, Mass., studies on a bench along Middle Path. (Virgil Shipley)


Nature hike
Kim Marshall, Knox County Park District director, leads a group of over 20 hikers through the prairie trail at Honey Run Waterfall Park on Hazel Dell Road, east of Millwood. Sunday’s fall foiliage hike was an introduction to new constructed trails in the park. (Terry Gardner)


Shaffer promoted to captain at sheriff’s office
Newly promoted Capt. David C. Shaffer will be second in command of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and will continue to command the patrol and civil process and records divisions. (Photo Submitted)


Fredericktown driver injured in accident
Mount Vernon Fire Department Captain David Mills raised his hand to signal a winch to pull this pickup off the driver pinned underneath. The crash was on the Old Manfield Road Sunday evening. (Virgil Shipley)


Freddies dominate MBC championship on fast track
Fredericktown’s Emily Roberts sprints to first place in the varsity girls race at the MBC Cross Country Championship on Saturday. (Bill Davis)


Freddies dominate MBC championship on fast track
Fredericktown’s Nick Gaumer sprints to the finish line at the MBC Cross Country Championship at Hartford Fairgrounds in Croton on Saturday. Gaumer finished fifth. His Freddies swept all four contests. (Bill Davis)






