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Two injured in high-speed crash

A car calculated by the Ohio State Highway Patrol to be traveling at 115 mph was involved in a high-speed crash Monday night.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

Toledo Blade

New fire hydrants on tap for area affected by June 9 blaze

New fire hydrants soon will sprout in a historic West Toledo neighborhood where inadequate water volume was partially blamed for the loss of a home June 9. Residents of Westmoreland, a stately neighborhood off Bancroft Street between Parkside Boulevard and Upton Avenue, have been notified that three new hydrants will be installed on 6-inch lines - ...

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Mount Vernon News

Utica enjoys entertaining holiday

It was a happy day Friday when Utica kicked off its Fourth of July celebration with an evening full of free entertainment, free admission and free parking.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Mount Vernon News

Gambier passes '10 budget

The Gambier Village Council met Thursday evening in a meeting that had been rescheduled in order to pass its 2010 budget before the July 10 deadline.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Mount Vernon News

9-1-1, EMA boards shoot down personnel committee

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.

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The Advocate

Signings: Fletcher headed to Mount Vernon Nazarene

Utica graduate Sierra Fletcher is transferring to NAIA Mount Vernon Nazarene after completing her freshman season at NCAA Division I Longwood .

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Mount Vernon News

WACO celebrates 50th reunion

Listen for the signature deep roar of vintage biplane engines overhead in Knox County this week.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Mount Vernon News

9-1-1, EMA boards could see changes

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.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Hoof Beats

Foiled Again prevails in the Battle of Lake Erie

Foiled Again prevails in the Battle of Lake Erie Saturday, June 27, 2009 - by Keith Gisser, publicity director, Northfield Park Northfield, OH --- The favored Foiled Again won the $100,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park on Saturday, going gate-to-wire in 1:50.4, and defeating Jeremy's Successor by a head in the 24th annual edition of the ...

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Mount Vernon News

Box truck sidelined in morning accident

The Mount Vernon Fire Department rescued an injured driver trapped in her car after a two-vehicle wreck on Ohio 586 south of Murray Road around 7:40 this morning.

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Mount Vernon News

Heart of Ohio USA Days Festival kicks off

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.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Mount Vernon News

Library facing more financial trouble

The news keeps getting worse for Ohio public libraries. Gov. Ted Strickland's state budget - not yet approved by the legislature - proposes to cut $227.3 million from Ohio public funding over the next two fiscal years.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Mount Vernon News

Unoccupied home destroyed by fire

A fire completely destroyed an unoccupied house at 12700 Ward Road, south of Brandon, early this morning.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Toledo Blade

4-inch water mains dot city, pose significant peril to residents on those streets

They're a vestige of an earlier Toledo era - 4-inch water mains that are big enough to carry drinking water, but too small to produce the volume firefighters need to douse a raging house fire.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Mount Vernon News

OGT preliminary results released

Like it or not, students in Ohio's public schools must pass standardized tests in reading, math, writing, science and social studies in order to receive a high school diploma.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

WTVN-AM Columbus

Teen sentenced for ethnic intimidation

A Knox County teen has been sentenced to ten days in the county jail for his role in an ethnic intimidation case.

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News Journal

Mt. Vernon teen gets 10 days for ethnic intimidation

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

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Mount Vernon News

Sheriff: Deputy doing 'pretty well' after collision

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.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

The Advocate

Mount Vernon teen says he was dragged with noose on neck

MOUNT VERNON - A 17-year-old boy said Monday that he feared for his life as he was dragged around a parking lot with a noose wrapped around his neck.

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WMFD-TV Mansfield

Knox County Man Killed In ATV Accident

A Knox County man died Sunday when the all terrain vehicle he was riding overturned on top of him.

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