The Kokosing Valley Central Railroad Club meets the third Thursday of every month in the basement of the Colonial City Moose Club. Members gather to exchange information about model railroads and the latest on model railroad meetings and swap meets. They also take time to work on the model railroad layout they are building.

Videographers from mountvernonnews.com scour the community to find the best Christmas lights displays in Mount Vernon.

Videographers from mountvernonnews.com scoured the community to find some of the best Christmas lights in Fredericktown.

Many of us that are finishing our Christmas shopping, there are countless families across Knox County uncertain of what, if anything will be under their Christmas trees. But the generosity of Knox County citizens, leaves some speechless.

FREDERICKTOWN -- Engine 419 of the Fredericktown Community Fire District pulled up to the First Baptist Church of Fredericktown on Tuesday carrying firefighters on a mission to help Fredericktown children have a merry Christmas this year.

Auction Manager Kelly Brown explains the reasons for a special Friday auction.

MOUNT VERNON -- While area residents are reading this story, the Knox County Ohio Department of Transportation crews are working preparing the state highways for the snow storm that is supposed to descend this afternoon.

Videographers from mountvernonnews.com scoured the community to find some of the best Christmas lights in Danville and Howard.

Four business construction projects around Mount Vernon are well on their way and some are near completion. Mohican Sports Medicine, K and E Credit Union, Tim Horton's and Family Video are making good progress to be ready by the new year.

MANSFIELD -- The big guns are firing at the slopes, spewing out a steady stream of misty water that freezes as it falls.

Christmas means lots of decorations, among other things. The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County held a Teen Holiday Craft program which gave school age children in grades six through twelve an opportunity to make their own Christmas decorations.

Videographers from mountvernonnews.com scoured the community to find some of the best christmas lights in Mount Vernon and Gambier.

MOUNT VERNON -- Ninety-five feet above East High Street, the old weather vane marks the highest point of the Memorial Theater. It stands atop the original oxydized-green copper roof of the cupola, with its 20-paned arched windows that give a bird's-eye view of most of Mount Vernon.

BLADENSBURG -- The hardy citizens of Bladensburg didn't let a chilly downpour, standing water, slushy snow and sloppy mud stop them from holding their 37th annual Christmas parade on Sunday afternoon.

Tuesday night was the start of the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah. The Festival of Lights is an eight-day celebration and on each of those nights, a candle is lit.

MOUNT VERNON -- It's a wintry Wednesday in Ohio, with snow falling throughout the state, making a mess of roads and closing schools.