Fredericktown News

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, alcohol may have been a contributing factor in a motorcycle crash which seriously injured two Marengo residents the night of July Fourth.

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

The hundreds of north central Ohio residents who gathered Saturday at Mansfield Motorsports Park called themselves Tea Party Patriots.

A special joint meeting of the Knox County Emergency Management Agency Board and the Knox County 9-1-1 Board on Thursday afternoon was held to work through questions recently raised by some members of the 9-1-1 Board regarding the hiring, firing and accountability of the director who oversees both 9-1-1 and EMA.

The Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal investigations into two recent Knox County fires continue this week.

The end promised new beginnings at the premiere of a rough-cut edit of the documentary, "The Changing Face of the Family Farm in Fredericktown," Sunday afternoon in the high school commons.

One of the statutes moving through the state legislature is HB 26, which prohibits corporal punishment in all public and chartered nonpublic schools in Ohio.

A summer storm packed with damaging winds, lightning, and heavy rains pounded parts of the county Thursday night.

A nursing home roof torn off, utilities down, injured victims scattered across the ground, and a damaged truck carrying a full load of liquid propane thrown in to make things interesting, were challenges faced by emergency personnel who participated in a mock disaster drill at the Ohio Eastern Star Home, Monday afternoon.

FREDERICKTOWN: Lorilla Z. Hathaway, age 90, of Follin Road, Fredericktown, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at her farm home in Middlebury Township.

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

MOUNT VERNON - An 18-year-old Fredericktown man was remanded to the Knox County Jail on Wednesday for a 10-day jail term after pleading no contest to one count of ethnic intimidation, a fifth-degree felony.

A family lost its home and belongings to a fire overnight when the home at 10331 Gregg Road, north of Fredericktown, was completely destroyed by fire.

These marriage license applications were filed in Richland County Probate Court between May 25 and May 29: Travis Charles Thomas of Fredericktown, 23, carpenter, and Kristen Leigh Gallogly of Fredericktown, 24, clerk.

Ten employees and approximately 30 patrons were evacuated from the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County's main branch at 201 N. Mulberry St.

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

Family, friends and relatives gathered Saturday evening for Fredericktown High School's 133rd annual commencement ceremony for the 81 graduates of the senior class of 2009.

John R. Robinson, 95 June 9 John R. Robinson will celebrate his 95th birthday Tuesday.

FREDERICKTOWN: Harold E. Bechtel, age 94, of Mishey Road, Fredericktown, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at his residence.

The Richland County SCRAP trailer will be at Eastern Elementary School in Lexington on Friday.