Tom Holton, sole agricultural teacher and FFA advisor at East Knox Jr./High School, is one of 10 finalists in Ohio for the Golden Owl Award. The Golden Owl Award is sponsored by Nationwide, the Ohio FFA, Ohio Farm Bureau, Farm Credit Mid-America, and AgCredit. John Ball of Nationwide Kari Ball Insurance Agency presented the plaque to Mr. Holton, while representatives …

RALEIGH, N.C. — After belting 42 hits in its season-opening doubleheader Sunday, the Kenyon College softball team managed 13 hits Monday and lost both ends of a doubleheader at William Peace University. The host Pacers took game one, 6-4, and then completed the sweep with an 8-4 game-two win. Over the course of the two games, Kenyon junior Maeve McLaughlin …

LAKE WALES, Fla. —  The Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (3-2) played a doubleheader at Warner University (3-7) on Monday, March 3. Game 1 Summary: MVNU started the first game of the series strong, scoring twice in the top of the first thanks to a Kiera Mayer two-run homer. Warner scratched off a run in the third, but MVNU responded …

WrestlingNorthmor 7th, Centerburg 15th, Mount Gilead 17th, East Knox 30th, Fredericktown 46th and Cardington-Lincoln 54th/64 at Division III district (Troy)* Northmor’s Campbell, Centerburg’s Chris Marshall, Mount Gilead’s Rosco Castricone and Cody Meimer and East Knox’s Blake Elliott qualify for state Loudonville 32nd/44 at Division III district (Independence)Division I (Hilliard Darby) 106 pounds: Loc Webber (Coffman), Caleb Snyder (Mount Vernon), Brady Todd (Worthington Kilbourne), …

Mount Vernon, OH — Experience Mount Vernon is thrilled to announce that exhibitor registration for the 2025 First Friday season is now OPEN! This year, we’re streamlining the process by combining Cruise-In registration, regular exhibitor registration, and space selection into a single, user-friendly form. 2025 First Friday Dates and Themes: June 6th: Mount Vernon’s 220th Birthday Bash presented by Edward …

LAKE WALES, Fla. —  The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (11-2) played a doubleheader at Warner University (7-9) on Saturday, March 1. Game 1 Summary: MVNU started the first game of the day strong, jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Rider Minnick hit a single that drove in Grant Wheeler, Connor Estep hit a …

The Mount Vernon Police Department Detective Division, assisted by the PatrolDivision, executed a search warrant at a Martinsburg Road residence. The warrantstemmed from an ongoing investigation for possession of child pornography. During the search of the residence evidence of child pornography, Detectives alsolocated over 100 grams of cocaine, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, prescription pills, andmarijuana were located and seized. Additionally, Detectives …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Kenyon College Owls softball team launched the 2025 season Sunday with two wins and a combined 42 runs in a doubleheader sweep at Gallaudet University. Both wins were recorded within five innings using the run rule. Game one ended 25-0 and game two finished up at 17-3. Not only did Kenyon outscore the host Bison, 42-3, …

Mount Vernon, OH – The Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon, in collaboration with the Exchange Club of Mount Vernon/Knox County and Kenyon College, recently held a community-wide Pillow Drive to support students in need at East Knox Local Schools. Over 60 pillows, pillow cases, and throw blankets were collected and donated to help students in need. The idea for the …

Mount Vernon, OH- Knox County Career Center (KCCC) students competed inSkillsUSA Regional and Super Regional competitions recently. SkillsUSA is one of KCCC’s Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) in whichour students compete and participate in. KCCC had 19 students compete in the SkillsUSARegional and Super Regional competitions, in which 9 of them qualified for the SkillsUSA Statecompetition on March 18th. KCCC …