After nearly 70 years in business, Mazza's Restaurant closed on Saturday night.

Auto enthusiasts descended on Jack Cunningham's Garage on Sharp Road on Saturday

HOWARD -- For various reasons -- whether to save money for college, to pay for gas and car insurance, or help with the family budget -- more and more teenagers are joining the work force before they graduate from high school. In order to do so, there are certain steps they, and their employers, have to take to comply with Ohio's minor labor laws.

The Knox County Career Center is building a new addition to its main building. The addition will house the Chef and Catering program and related facilities. This will free up room in the main building for other Career Center programs

A blowing wind with snow flurries greeted scores of youngsters at the Mount Vernon Parks Department annual Easter egg hunt at Memorial Park on Saturday morning.

The Interchurch food pantry received a generous boost recently with food donations from members of Curves of Mount Vernon.

Fredericktown students left their mark on school history this week as they signed their names on the concrete before the new gym floor is installed.

Construction of the new East Knox Middle School is moving ahead of schedule and on budget. Superintedent John Marschhausen recently gave Mount Vernon News Videographer George Breithaupt a tour of the new facility.

Sixty people danced to music from the 1860s at the annual ball sponsored by the Gen. Henry Banning Camp, Ohio Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Peebles ready for business

MOUNT VERNON -- Allen Stockberger, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Hill Church, recently returned from a mission trip to the Galapagos Islands. It was his ninth mission trip; and his first to the islands.

Potholes continue to be a problem

Videographers from the Mount Vernon News, criss-crossed Knox County to talk with voters.

FREDERICKTOWN -- In 1998, Hurricane Mitch devastated Honduras, a country already suffering from poverty and lack of medical care.

A powerful winter storm strikes Knox County, crippling travel.

WATERFORD -- As the pale, watery sun of late winter begins to warm a few days above freezing, while the nights remain crisply cold, the sap begins to rise in sugar maple trees, bringing maple syrup season to life.

MOUNT VERNON -- Allen Stockberger, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Hill Church, recently returned from a mission trip to the Galapagos Islands. It was his ninth mission trip; and his first to the islands.

Potholes continue to be a problem

Videographers from the Mount Vernon News, criss-crossed Knox County to talk with voters.

FREDERICKTOWN -- In 1998, Hurricane Mitch devastated Honduras, a country already suffering from poverty and lack of medical care.

GAMBIER -- Three people are dead after a Gambier man shot and killed his parents before turning the gun on himself.

MOUNT VERNON -- Dr. Lorle Porter led 160 Knox County residents on a trip into the dark forest on Saturday. Porter was the featured speaker at Knox County's 200th Birthday Party at The Dan Emmett Conference Center, and her speech focused on the first settlers into Knox County.

MOUNT VERNON -- The road from Brazil to Mount Vernon is a long one, but three Brazilian jiu jitsu black belts managed to find their way on Thursday. Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga and Team Link fighters Marco Alvan and Gabriel Santos were at Body Basics Health and Fitness Club as a guest of David Lashley and Lashley's Jiu Jitsu Academy.