Mount Vernon News

The State Highway Patrol has filed drunken-driving and failure-to-control charges against a Mount Vernon man accused of hitting a Danville police officer after leading law enforcement on a chase across Knox County early Sunday.

The Richland County Safe Communities Coalition hosted a Seat Belt Relay Contest this past weekend at Mansfield Motor Group on Park Avenue West.

Event coordinator Holly Campbell-Bradley says the girls met at the United Way of Richland County building for breakfast before taking part in a community service project at a home construction site for Habitat for Humanity.

A Danville police officer was seriously injured this morning when he was struck by a suspect's vehicle during a pursuit in Knox County.

Bids for the city's 2013 street paving program came in well under the estimated cost, Safety-Service Director Dave Glass reported.

Convenant Christian Church of God provides a food pantry to help Knox County residents provide for their families.

A crash involving three vehicles happened on Wooster Road at the intersection of McKenzie Road and Vernonview Drive Tuesday at 3:26 p.m. The Ohio State Highway patrol said Annamarie Lewis, 24, Fredericktown, was driving south on Wooster Road and made a left turn into the path of a northbound car driven by Jordan Johnson, 18, Mount Vernon.

A little more than a year ago, a state crackdown on a group of "designer drugs" was being celebrated.

Mount Vernon City Council passed several pieces of legislation under emergency passage in order to move forward with some big projects this summer.

Scott Zimmerman, a city employee for 15 years, is the new Parks, Public Buildings and Lands superintendent.

Cole McDonough of Mount Vernon will not lead Script Ohio for The Ohio State University Marching Band this year, but he is definitely going to try out again.

Three Mount Vernon students - Austin Hulse, Zane Whisner and Brenna Mahn - earned medals for scoring high in the 2013 National Latin Exam.

The judges had a difficult time this year judging hundreds of amazing entries in the 2013 Japanese-inspired art and poetry contest, but completed their task and selected the top three winners in each category.

The city is seeking ways to reduce the cost of the intersection improvements at Sandusky and Chestnut streets and Sandusky and High streets, Mayor Richard Mavis reported at his weekly press briefing Friday.

The Civil Service Commission of Mount Vernon met Thursday in City Hall Council Chambers and discussed the possibility of conducting random drug testing for all civil service positions as well as pre-employment physical exams.

Over on Gross National , among a photoset of a Big Bear grocery store grand opening in 1961 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, this photo of the parking lot.

On the creative front, Learning Center principal Quinn Haas and art instructor Kim Aritonivich applied for a competitive grant through the Youth Philanthropy Initiative arm of The Community Foundation of Mount Vernon and Knox County.

Foundation Park's glass was half full over the weekend. Sunday was wet, but spring was in full bloom on Saturday and the park attracted clusters of anglers.

Crestview Local Schools superintendent William Seder was approved by the Mount Vernon City Schools board of education Monday as the district's superintendent effective July 1. Seder will leave Crestview after five years with the district.

Victory Is Coming was first across the wire in the $5,000 Open Trot in Northfield Park's opening on Monday, April 29, 2013.