Downloads:AgendaAgenda Packet I.Committee Meetings1.08-22-22 Committee Meeting Schedule2.08-22-22 Workforce Development ProgramII.MEETING WILL RECESS UNTIL 7:30 P.M.III.Call to Order1.Roll CallIV.InvocationV.Pledge of AllegianceVI.Acceptance of Minutes1.Minutes of Aug 8, 2022 7:30 PMVII.Receive Petitions and CommunicationsVIII.Receive Committee Reports1.08-08-22 Utilities Committee Meeting Minutes2.08-08-22A Planning and Zoning Committee Meeting Minutes3.08-08-22B Planning and Zoning Committee Meeting MinutesIX.Liquor Control License1.08-22-22 Liquor PermitX.ProclamationXI.Persons speaking on Matters of City ConcernXII.Resolutions for …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s soccer team opens its 2022 campaign on Monday, August 22 as it plays host to Shawnee State University at the newly-christened CH4 Stadium. Last season started off very well for the Cougars as they won their first four matches and had their eyes on a National Tournament berth. However, the …

An investigation of a shooting involving officers that occurred on Gilchrist Road, inMonroe Township is ongoing. On Friday August 19 th at approximately 11:21p.m., Knox CountyDispatch received a call from a bail bondsman who said that his vehicle had been shot multipletimes by Randy Wilhelm. The bondsman was attempting to apprehend Wilhelm, who had failedto appear in Knox County Common …

Some high school football games were played Thursday Night and some will wait an extra day and play Saturday but a bulk of High School Football contests will take place Friday Night throughout the state. On the WMVO and WQIO Facebook pages and 100.9FM and wmvo.com the Highland Scots will host the Fredericktown Freddies. Running back Dane Nauman broke the …

CLEVELAND –Six-time defending North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) champion Kenyon College was tabbed as the favorite in the race for the 2022 men’s soccer championship according to preseason balloting of the league coaches. The Owls collected seven of the nine possible first-place votes and 79 points overall. Ohio Wesleyan University was picked second after garnering one first-place vote and 71 …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s volleyball team is set to begin its season on Friday, August 19 as the Lady Cougars travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana to take on Mount Mercy University at 4:00pm. It is MVNU’s first of four matches on the weekend as they will play two on Friday night and two Saturday as …

MOUNT VERNON, Aug. 17, 2022 – Columbia Gas has announced plans to install 11,000 feet ofnew plastic pipe on the west side of Mount Vernon beginning late this month. About 160residences in the area, just west of the Public Square, will be impacted by the project. The utilityhas scheduled a virtual meeting to address residents’ questions and concerns.Meanwhile, AEP has …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Doug Misarti, Head Coach of the Kenyon College men’s lacrosse team, announced that Patrick Groschan was hired as the program’s defensive assistant coach for the upcoming 2023 season. Groschan joins Misarti and Offensive Assistant Coach C.J. Hughes at the helm of an Owls team that went 14-4 (8-1 NCAC) last season and finished as the runners-up in …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Gramercy Books in Bexley will host an in-person discussion with award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Anthony Marra facilitated by Kenyon College Associate Professor of Film Jonathan Sherman on Thursday, August 25 at 7 p.m. Marra’s “Mercury Pictures Presents” is an epic tale of reinvention and survival, crossing continents from wartime Italy to Old Hollywood, and spotlights …

MOUNT VERNON, August 4, 2022 – The City of Mount Vernon will host a First RespondersShowcase softball game on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 at 6 p.m. The event will feature a friendlygame between the Mount Vernon Police and Fire Departments.The winner of the game will play a champion team supplied by the Knox County Church SoftballLeague, which is led by …