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Senior Showcase to give Players one last chance on the Hardwood together

A Senior Showcase, a night highlighting Senior Basketball players from in and around Knox County will take place at Fredericktown High School on Friday March 25th all beginning at 6pm. A girls game will take place first followed by a three point shooting contest and the boys game at 8pm. The team’s will compete as Team Tyler from WMVO and …

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KMAC Announces All League winners and Team Champions in Wrestling

The Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) consisting of the Cardington,Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, Fredericktown, Mt Gilead, Northmor High Schoolsalong with affiliate members Elgin, Loudonville and Lucas (for wrestling) High Schoolswould like to announce the following All League award winners and team champions. Inaddition, the KMAC recognizes one Senior from every school for every sport as an All-Academic winner. The All-Academic …

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Journalist Sheila Coronel to give 2022 Kenyon Commencement address

GAMBIER, Ohio — Sheila Coronel, director of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, will be the featured speaker at Kenyon’s 194th Commencement on Saturday, May 21, 2022.A native of the Philippines, Coronel began her journalistic career in the waning years of the Ferdinand Marcos regime in the 1980s. She helped found …

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Tornado Sirens to be tested in Mount Vernon and Statewide

Tornado sirens will be tested in Mount Vernon, and across the state, on Wednesday morning as part of a yearly drill. At 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Mount Vernon will participate in the statewide tornado drill and test its Emergency Alert System. Counties will activate their outdoor warning sirens one time for three minutes. The test coincides with …

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Lady Cougars Extend Win Streak to 11

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Receiving Votes Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (14-2, 4-0) defeated the University of Saint Francis (8-6, 0-2) by scores of 10-5 and 8-1 in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Monday, March 21. Game One A big five-run third-inning put the Lady Cougars up 5-0 on the road to start the ball game. Maddison Ruhl started …

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Lords finish in middle of pack at Jekyll Island

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — The Kenyon College golf team started its spring-season schedule over the weekend at Jekyll Island Golf Club and placed 16th among 30 teams over the course of the three-round Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Oglethorpe University. The Lords got things going with a team score of 295 on Friday. Saturday, they lowered that to a …

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Partnership expands MVNU campus medical care 

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — Faculty, staff and students at Mount Vernon Nazarene University now have convenient on-campus access to medical care thanks to a partnership between the university and Knox County Community Health Center, a local Federally Qualified Health Center which is a clinical branch of Knox Public Health.  Lindsey Gilkey, a certified nurse practitioner from the KCC Health Center, …

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City of Mount Vernon Street Department to conduct Street Sweeping

The following is a list of city streets to be swept. The Street Department is asking forcooperation from residents in having their automobiles moved on the day their street isscheduled for sweeping. Next week’s schedule is as follows:NOTE: This schedule is subject to change or cancellation. Monday – March 21stWest High Street (Mulberry Street to West City Limits)West Chestnut Street …

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89 year old killed in Knox County Crash

Knox County – The Mount Gilead Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating afatal traffic crash that occurred on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at approximately 2:22 PM,on State Route 229 and U.S Route 62, Harrison Township. Donald Duncan, age 89, of Howard, Ohio, was operating a gold 2003 Toyota Camrywestbound on State Route 229. Dixie Greenfield, age 62 …

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Ladies break two more relay records, maintain top spot

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Thursday night at the IU Natatorium, the Kenyon College Ladies won three more races, including two by records in relay competition and maintained their edge atop the leaderboard at the midway point of the 2022 NCAA Division III NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship. With a slim, six-point cushion to work with, the Ladies jumped into the water …

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