It was muddy and gray on Saturday morning for the Knox County Horse Park ’Cowboy Challenge,’ but the cowboys and cowgirls still came out to ride.

For the second weekend in a row, the Highland High School boys track team stepped on the bus to head home carrying a championship trophy. The Scots placed first out of a field of 10 teams at the Fredericktown Invitational on Friday night. Bursts of rain and dropping temperatures throughout the evening weren’t helpful, but the boys still continued to bust out some solid marks and times.

For the second weekend in a row, the Highland High School boys track team stepped on the bus to head home carrying a championship trophy. The Scots placed first out of a field of 10 teams at the Fredericktown Invitational on Friday night. Bursts of rain and dropping temperatures throughout the evening weren’t helpful, but the boys still continued to bust out some solid marks and times.

It’s time to make the bed ... the garden bed, that is.

Keith Hess of Mount Vernon bagged this 17-pound turkey early this morning. Hess measured a 10-inch beard and seven-eighths of an inch spurs on the turkey, which he shot while hunting on Zion Road near Gambier. Hess said he planned to have it mounted. The spring season, which began Monday, runs through May 20.

Wondering if the garden will grow great vegetables this summer? Curious if the lawn needs fertilizer or the corn field needs lime? A soil test measures soil fertility so the right plants can be put into the right soil, or the soil can be amended to better grow the desired plants.

Twenty-seven Knowledge Bowl teams from 12 regions around the state converged on The Dan Emmett Conference Center on Friday for the 2007 State Knowledge Bowl academic challenge competition, with more schools being represented than ever before in the contestn’s history

As the days warm and the sunlight lingers a bit longer, the number of visitors on the Kokosing Gap Trail increases dramatically. All guests are welcome, but are requested to be extra cautious and courteous as the congestion increases.

The weather outside was so cold that the rain felt like liquid ice, but inside the commons of the Mount Vernon Middle School, Saturday night, the music was red hot as the Mount Vernon High School Mellow Jackets hosted its annual Tops-N-Pops spring jazz concert.

The Habitat for Humanity of Knox County was founded in 1988 as a nondenominational, Christian-based organization dedicated to developing affordable housing for families that could not qualify for conventional loan programs. It is affiliated with Habitat for Humanity International.

A look at the Knox County Humane Society.

The objective of pruning trees and bushes is to promote healthy and attractive plants, and to make sure they are safe. In the case of fruit bearing plants, proper pruning can also promote higher yields.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- It’s all over in just one night. But the planning, contemplating and big decision making fills up many prior hours, days, weeks and even months. What is the big occasion? It is only the biggest formal event in high school -- Prom.

HOWARD -- City officials are interested in having a historic, iron bridge moved from its current location near Pipesville Road to Foundation Park. Their decision will hinge on a future assessment by the citys contract engineering firm.

MOUNT VERNON -- Local children braved the cold and light snow to find easter eggs at Memorial Park.

MOUNT VERNON -- There’s nothing like spring in Central Ohio, especially if you are a gardener. The weather can be like a roller coaster ride with weather in the mid-70s one day and below freezing the next.

A new state law takes effect which limits the number of passengers that 16-year-old drivers can have in their vehicles.

CENTERBURG -- The Central Ohio Joint Fire District has been making safety inspections at businesses in recent weeks, and expects to continue until all businesses within the district have been inspected.