Image gallery October 6, 2012 · 12 images · Photo Store
Sections of new curbing and sidewalk are now jumbles of broken concrete along the section of Coshocton Avenue being widened. City officials said state inspectors found problems with the catch basins on the north side of the street and the contractor has to reset the basins correctly. (Photo by Basin installation improper)
Volunteers of the year were announced at the October First Friday event. Pictured are, from left, John Zale, Board of Zoning Appeals; Steve Short and Roger Hedrick, Board of Recreation. Not pictured, Gordon Yance, Tax Appeals Board. (Photo by Pam Schehl)
Mabel Bateman is all smiles while she talks about her life, her family and the changes she has seen in the world. She will turn 100 on Monday. (Photo by Samantha Scoles)
Mount Vernon Fire Department responded to a fire on the corner of North Sandusky and Stump street on Friday evening. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, but Terry Davis, fire investigator, was called to the scene. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Two-year old Chloe Roberts tries her hand at milking a cow during Farm First Friday. (Photo by Pam Schehl)
Rescuers from College Township and Mount Vernon fire departments worked carefully to rescue a woman from this SUV Friday morning on New Gambier Road. She was taken to Knox Community Hospital but was not believed to be seriously injured. She was westbound just west of Upper Gilchrist Road when the SUV ran off the right edge of the road in a shallow ditch and hit the end of a concrete driveway. The impact flipped the vehicle on its left side. The driver’s name and other details were not available from the Ohio State Patrol at press time. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)
Former Columbus Crew player Frankie Hejduk and Crew Cat rally Mount Vernon Middle School students assembled in the gymnasium for Crew Take Over Your School on Friday. Hejduk currently works in the Crew’s front office. (Photo by Geoff Cowles)
East Knox’s Dylan Wears, left, catches a pass on the final play of Friday’s game while Fredericktown’s Austin Hathaway, second from left, defends. East Knox’s Clint Kanuckel, third from left, and Colton Rebel look on. (Photo by Bill Davis)
Members of the East Knox Bulldogs come off the bench to celebrate following the winning two-point conversion in Friday’s game against the Fredericktown Freddies. (Photo by Bill Davis)
Fredericktown quarterback Austin Hathaway (13) runs from East Knox’s AJ Wicks (62) and David Judson during the first half of Friday’s game. Fredericktown’s Zac Long (70) blocks. (Photo by Bill Davis)
Mount Vernon’s Logan Rhea (21) stretches for extra yards as Big Walnut’s Seth Myers hangs on during their game Friday in Sunbury. Rhea caught three passes for 69 yards, but the Jackets fell to the Eagles, 27-14. (Photo by Fred Main)
Mount Vernon’s Jordan Crabtree tries to elude the tackle of Tyler Martin after intercepting a Big Walnut pass Friday. The Jackets fell to Big Walnut, 27-14. (Photo by Fred Main)
