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Mount Vernon City SchoolsSummer Food Program Free on-site LunchStudents 18 months to 18 years at Dan Emmett Elementary Monday-Friday June 5th – July 28th dailyfrom 11:00 Am till 12:00 PmWe will not be serving July 4th . Meals will have to be eaten on site.

New study reveals Illinois as the cheapest US state to buy a house.  Ohio lands in second place while Oklahoma follows in third.  Hawaii rounds up the list as the most expensive state in the US to buy a house.  Illinois is the US state where it is cheapest to buy a house, a new study reveals. The study, conducted …

MOUNT VERNON, OHIO  – Experience Mount Vernon and the Downtown Mount Vernon merchants are proud to announce the new Experience Mount Vernon Downtown E-Gift Card, a community-based digital gift card powered by Yiftee.com, that makes it fun and easy to keep local spending local. Purchase an Experience Mount Vernon Downtown Gift Card here to use at any of the participating …

Place 4 Grace, a Knox County-based ministry committed to providing safehousing options and other services to unwed pregnant women in Knox County is announcing the opening of p4g THRIFT, a thrift shop which will help provide funding to the maternity housing ministry.Place 4 Grace will be holding grand opening events & sales May 11 thru May 13, 2023. A ribbon …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – Experience Mount Vernon invites you to kick off summer with us Under the Sea at June First Friday! Sponsored by Riverside Recovery Services, June First Friday will take place on June 2nd from 6:00-9:00 pm in Downtown Mount Vernon.  Bring your dancing shoes because Sky High Productions will be DJing all your summertime favorites on the …

Mount Vernon, OH- The Knox County Career Center Building Trades programrecognized three students who earned the status of “Building Trades Elite.”“Building Trades Elite” (BT Elite) is a program generated by Colby Clippinger, KCCCBuilding Trades instructor, and the KCCC Building Trades Advisory Council that began in2019-2020. The program’s criteria centers around attendance, discipline, industry credentialing,and extracurricular activities. A point system is …

Downloads: Agenda  Agenda PacketI.Committee MeetingsII.MEETING WILL RECESS UNTIL 7:30 P.M.III.Call to Order1.Roll CallIV.InvocationV.Pledge of AllegianceVI.Acceptance of Minutes1.Minutes of Apr 24, 2023 7:30 PMVII.Receive Petitions and CommunicationsVIII.Receive Committee ReportsIX.Liquor Control LicenseX.ProclamationXI.Persons speaking on Matters of City ConcernXII.Resolutions for Third ReadingXIII.Resolutions for Second ReadingXIV.Resolutions for First Reading1.2023-47 : A Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Auditor of the City of Mount Vernon to Make Supplemental …

Mount Vernon, OH – Nick Murphy, senior in the Computer Network Technology programat KCCC, finished in 4th place in the Network Administration using CISCO competition at theBusiness Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference, which was held inAnaheim, California from April 26-30.Murphy was excited to compete against people from across the country. “The experienceI had at BPA Nationals was enjoyable. …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. — The No.25 Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (33-14) began play in the Crossroads League Tournament in Mount Vernon, Ohio on Thursday, May 4. No.3 MVNU began play against No.8 Taylor University (23-29) and won by a score of 7-4. MVNU trailed 3-0 heading into the bottom of the fifth. Despite the slow start, the Lady …

GAMBIER, Ohio — This May brings a chance for middle schoolers (grades 6–8) to have a unique musical, hands-on performance experience on Kenyon College’s campus. The inaugural Knox Rocks! program will give participants an opportunity to use instruments in a group led by musically trained college students, explore creating music beyond the classroom’s repertoire, and perform in the renowned Rosse …