St. Clair selected as dog warden
Jim St. Clair checks out one of the dogs at the Knox County Dog Pound/Animal Control on Friday. He was named dog warden by the Knox County Commissioners. (Virgil Shipley)
Local feline group helps save cats from hoarder
Fanta is one of 63 cats rescued from a home in southern Ohio by Whisker Connection and Animal Planet. She is now healthy and ready for adoption. (Photo submitted)
Buchwalds honored by chamber
The Knox County Chamber of Commerce presented its annual awards Friday night at Peirce Hall at Kenyon College. Seated, from left, are James and Maureen Buchwald, Lifetime Achievement Award; Bernie Pachmeyer, Knox County Career Center, Investor in the Future Award; Linda Lamson, Ohio Eastern Star Home/Glenn A. Gallagher Centre, Heart Award; Vickie Sant, First-Knox National Bank, Women in Business Leadership Award; and Joan Jones, Peoples Bank, Ambassador of the Year Award. Standing, from left, are Steve Short, Mount Vernon Middle School, Environmental Sustainability Award; Kelly Brenneman, American Red Cross Knox County Chapter, Quality of Life Award; Nancy Karam, Knox Community Hospital, Paul Slaughter Volunteer of the Year Award; Gordy Yance, First-Knox National Bank, Business of the Year Award; and Tim Theophilus, Info-Link Technologies, Small Business of the Year Award. (Samantha Scoles)
Kirk a double winner after giving blood
Frank Kirk, left, looks over some Red Cross literature with Kelly Brenneman, director of the Knox County Red Cross. Kirk won a trip to the 2011 Sugar Bowl through a contest run by the Central Ohio Blood Region for people who have donated blood in 2010. (George Breithaupt)
Poor first half dooms Jackets
Mount Vernon’s Madi Montgomery drives to the lane with New Albany’s Hanah Scipio defending. The Eagles won Friday’s game, 45-16. (Bill Davis)
