Centerburg News

According to Knox County Sheriff Deputy Dan Selby, National Night Out will make its debut in Knox County on Aug.

Torrid temperatures did not deter festivalgoers from Friday's edition of the 2009 Heart of Ohio USA Days celebration.

An equipment fire at Mid-Ohio Paving, 6095 Columbus Road north of Centerburg, kept two fire departments tied up for hours Tuesday afternoon as firefighters used water and foam to keep the fire contained.

After generally rainy weather last year and sudden severe storms Thursday night, Centerburg's Heart of Ohio USA Festival cruised through its parade under sunny skies Saturday morning.

Members of the Knox County Emergency Management Board discussed some possible changes in the future role of the Knox County 9-1-1 Board at the EMA meeting Thursday afternoon.

The 2009 Heart of Ohio USA Days Festival kicked off Wednesday evening, drawing crowds of festivalgoers seeking good times, delicious food and a fun way to spend a summer evening.

At her retirement party Monday at the Knox County Service Center, Gloria Parsisson, longtime administrator of the Children Services division of Knox County Department of Job & Family Services, told those in attendance that she was leaving the service center for the second time in her life.

"I just feel bad for the kids. You know, the ones who look up to him." That was just some of the spin being rattled off last week on ESPN after The New York Times broke the news that yet another Major League Baseball player - one who was content to sit back and wait for that Hall of Fame vote - had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

Hmmm. Some issues do not have a simple, straightforward answer. Consider this controversy being debated in Central Ohio.

Knox County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Watson, 67, Centerburg, is doing "pretty well," according to Sheriff David Barber, who visited him Monday evening at Grant Medical Center.

This November, two school board members will be elected or re-elected for the Danville and Mount Vernon City school districts.

CENTERBURG, Ohio The graduation-canceling Centerburg school board braced itself for the worst when it met this afternoon.

Last week Centerburg school officials learned of a breach into the high school's computer system by a senior student.

Emotions ran high during the public participation portion of the June meeting of the Centerburg Board of Education.

Angry parents and graduates confronted the Centerburg Board of Education on Monday night over the board sudden decision to cancel this year's high school graduation in the wake of a cheating scandal.

Monday, June 8, 2009 4:42 AM WCLT News Staff Hundreds gathered for an unofficial graduation ceremony Saturday at Community Memorial Park in Centerburg.

Under a sunny, breezy sky, to slightly raucous cheers from the crowd, Centerburg's senior class marched into Memorial Park on Saturday, determined not to let recent events mar the celebration.

An Ohio school district says it has canceled a high school's graduation ceremony after discovering several seniors cheated on a test.

District administrators have canceled Saturday's high school graduation ceremony because of a breach into the school's computer system that allowed a student to make copies of a test.

The Centerburg Board of Education has canceled Saturday's graduation exercises. Discuss Centerburg cancels graduation ceremony Thursday evening the board met in an emergency session described as "several hours of intense and thorough discussion." The special meeting focused on a breach into the school's computer system by a senior student which ...