Vandals target trees on square
Vandalism was discovered on Monday to several trees on Public Square in which the perpetrator chopped into them with what looked to be a sharp edge. (Submitted photo)


Vandals target trees on square
Vandalism was discovered on Monday to several trees on Public Square in which the perpetrator chopped into them with what looked to be a sharp edge. (Submitted photo)


Vandals target trees on square
Vandalism was discovered on Monday to several trees on Public Square in which the perpetrator chopped into them with what looked to be a sharp edge. (Submitted photo)


Vandals target trees on square
Vandalism was discovered on Monday to several trees on Public Square in which the perpetrator chopped into them with what looked to be a sharp edge. (Submitted photo)


Vandals target trees on square
Vandalism was discovered on Monday to several trees on Public Square in which the perpetrator chopped into them with what looked to be a sharp edge. (Submitted photo)


Vandals target trees on square
Vandalism was discovered on Monday to several trees on Public Square in which the perpetrator chopped into them with what looked to be a sharp edge. (Submitted photo)


Vandals target trees on square
Vandalism was discovered on Monday to several trees on Public Square in which the perpetrator chopped into them with what looked to be a sharp edge. (Submitted photo)


Being careful on the ice
First the snow came down, then it melted and then froze on downtown sidewalks. That didn’t seem to bother Greg Garzieri of Mount Vernon as he walked downtown this morning. A few sidewalks had been cleared by 10 a.m. (Virgil Shipley)


Realtors collect toys, money for MVFD drive
Mary Franz, center, of the Knox County Board of Realtors, presents a check to Rick Dzik of the Mount Vernon Fire Department for the department’s Christmas For Children toy drive. The board also collected and bought toys for the drive. MVFD members, from left, Brian Kramp, Terry Davis, Dzik and Jared McCann took delivery of the toys at the board’s Christmas dinner Wednesday night. (George Breithaupt)






