Serving Knox County and surrounding area http://www.mountvernonnews.com/ The online edition of The Mount Vernon News, Mount Vernon en Copyright 2007 webmaster@mountvernonnews.com Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:00:45 GMT Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:00:45 GMT RSS DreamFeeder v 2.0.12 A look at the newly revamped Clerk of Courts website. A look at the newly revamped Clerk of Courts website. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/31/court.website.php4 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:19:42 GMT manual:1188573748476:8541422142880801:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- The Knox County Sheriff's Office, Mount Vernon Fire Department and Kenyon Campus Security responded to an alleged bomb threat on Kenyon campus on Wednesday. MOUNT VERNON -- The Knox County Sheriff's Office, Mount Vernon Fire Department and Kenyon Campus Security responded to an alleged bomb threat on Kenyon campus on Wednesday. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/30/kenyon.bomb.threat.php4 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:51:19 GMT By ANTON HEPLER manual:1188485494121:14042832215296608:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/25/mums.php4 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:52:26 GMT manual:1188024856708:926809500501774:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss Today is the first day of school for the county schools. Students aren't the only ones reporting back, food preparers at the cafeterias are making sure lunches are hot and ready. Today is the first day of school for the county schools. Students aren't the only ones reporting back, food preparers at the cafeterias are making sure lunches are hot and ready. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/22/first.day.php4 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:12:23 GMT manual:1187799155172:34416892236366236:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- Twenty-five Mount Vernon firefighters, along with 10 from other Knox County fire departments, participated in a fire training exercise Tuesday evening. MOUNT VERNON -- Twenty-five Mount Vernon firefighters, along with 10 from other Knox County fire departments, participated in a fire training exercise Tuesday evening. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/22/firefighter.training.php4 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:12:06 GMT By VIRGIL SHIPLEY manual:1187799155198:26165:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/18/varsity.php4 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:19:36 GMT manual:1187418012255:9416698609326180:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/17/football.php4 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:11:50 GMT manual:1187363544478:37472252832031710:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss SPARTA -- On Saturday, a beloved Sparta resident will turn 100 years old. Ted Ray still lives alone on a farm outside the village, keeps a stand of honeybees, walks every day, rides an exercise bicycle, and puts in a big garden and tends it himself. SPARTA -- On Saturday, a beloved Sparta resident will turn 100 years old. Ted Ray still lives alone on a farm outside the village, keeps a stand of honeybees, walks every day, rides an exercise bicycle, and puts in a big garden and tends it himself. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/16/ted.ray.100.php4 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:43:14 GMT By KIMBERLY ORSBORN manual:1187279023597:2355461388284642:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/16/sermon.php4 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:43:03 GMT manual:1187279023603:14467398496446716:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- Slow currents and sand bars added challenges to the boaters taking part in Saturday's Corrugated Cardboard Canoe Race held on the scenic Kokosing River. MOUNT VERNON -- Slow currents and sand bars added challenges to the boaters taking part in Saturday's Corrugated Cardboard Canoe Race held on the scenic Kokosing River. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/13/def.canoe.veggie.php4 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:29:14 GMT By PAM SCHEHL and RICK MOSS manual:1187018989194:6040973267371668:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- The theme of the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival' s annual Flower Show is "Quilting With Flowers," and The Living Center on North Main Street is bursting with plants, flower arrangements and quilts that are color-coordinated with the flora. MOUNT VERNON -- The theme of the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival' s annual Flower Show is quot;Quilting With Flowers,quot; and The Living Center on North Main Street is bursting with plants, flower arrangements and quilts that are color-coordinated with the flora. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/11/def.flower.show.php4 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:48:57 GMT By KIMBERLY ORSBORN manual:1186832972700:7168504280103954:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss Annual plants need not die with the first frost of autumn. Cuttings can be taken from many plants and kept alive over the winter for transplanting in the spring. Annual plants need not die with the first frost of autumn. Cuttings can be taken from many plants and kept alive over the winter for transplanting in the spring. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/11/gar.cuttings.php4 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:49:17 GMT manual:1186832972686:6361195424761362:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss Area cheerleading teams competed on Friday at the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival. Area cheerleading teams competed on Friday at the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/10/cheer.comp.php4 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:33:02 GMT manual:1186756401042:1945801961762461:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss How you can stay healthy and hydrated in the heat. How you can stay healthy and hydrated in the heat. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/09/cool.php4 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:00:29 GMT manual:1186686039260:4477957259539118:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- Area football teams put on the pads for the first time on Tuesday and coaches were eager to get going full speed despite the 90-plus degree temperatures. All eyes weren't only on the practice at hand, however. Coaches were watching for heat-related side effects in their players. MOUNT VERNON -- Area football teams put on the pads for the first time on Tuesday and coaches were eager to get going full speed despite the 90-plus degree temperatures. All eyes weren't only on the practice at hand, however. Coaches were watching for heat-related side effects in their players. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/Sports/080807/01.php4 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:14:28 GMT By JOE HUDDLESTON manual:1186586090818:2:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has signed Substitute House Bill 9, a proposal to raise speed limits for tractors driving on highways. The current ceiling is 25 miles per hour, a figure which has been on the books for many years. MOUNT VERNON -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has signed Substitute House Bill 9, a proposal to raise speed limits for tractors driving on highways. The current ceiling is 25 miles per hour, a figure which has been on the books for many years. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/06/new.tractor.law.php4 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:39:17 GMT By MARK S. JORDAN manual:1186411172662:26628883065998264:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss Between the harsh frost this spring and the drought conditions found throughout Knox County this summer, local orchards are taking a bruising while consumers are seeing higher prices. Between the harsh frost this spring and the drought conditions found throughout Knox County this summer, local orchards are taking a bruising while consumers are seeing higher prices. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/04/orchards.php4 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:57:49 GMT By BROOKE McCANN manual:1186232289366:7719810744834317:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- There was plenty of music and fun in the air during the August First Friday, though the "triple-H"weather (hot, hazy and humid) cut down the crowds a little. MOUNT VERNON -- There was plenty of music and fun in the air during the August First Friday, though the "triple-H"weather (hot, hazy and humid) cut down the crowds a little. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/04/first.friday.php4 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:57:34 GMT By MARK S. JORDAN manual:1186232289374:4:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- The Ohio News Network turned the video camera on some of Knox County's top tourism destinations on Thursday. The footage shot will be incorporated into an ONN season program focusing on several tourism spots across Ohio that will air sometime next year. MOUNT VERNON -- The Ohio News Network turned the video camera on some of Knox County's top tourism destinations on Thursday. The footage shot will be incorporated into an ONN season program focusing on several tourism spots across Ohio that will air sometime next year. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/03/kno.travel.php4 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:33:42 GMT By DYLAN McCAMENT manual:1186151639021:20548359127851268:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss MOUNT VERNON -- The Mount Vernon Players summer musical production of "Snoopy!!! The Musical" put its best paw forward in its final dress rehearsal Wednesday evening at ThePlace@TheWoodward. MOUNT VERNON -- The Mount Vernon Players summer musical production of "Snoopy!!! The Musical" put its best paw forward in its final dress rehearsal Wednesday evening at ThePlace@TheWoodward. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/02/snoopy.php4 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:33:11 GMT By MARK S. JORDAN manual:1186065209277:8350928033856306:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss Producers Livestock recently sold the land and the buildings which house the stockyard's operations. But the stockyard, which has been serving local producers for more than half a century, is not ready to close shop just yet. Producers Livestock recently sold the land and the buildings which house the stockyard's operations. But the stockyard, which has been serving local producers for more than half a century, is not ready to close shop just yet. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/08/01/producers.php4 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:55:46 GMT By GEORGE BREITHAUPT manual:1185980163322:5:http://www.mountvernonnews.com/feed.rss