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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 08:18 am

Mount Vernon News

Local news for Mount Vernon, OH continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | Mount Vernon News

Preliminary results of OGT are in

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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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education

13 hrs ago | Mount Vernon News

Moundbuilders uses video to improve services

Moundbuilders Guidance Center has found a new way to offer psychiatric care in the middle of a state sorely lacking in psychiatrists - by turning on the television.

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Related Topix: Knox County, OH, Columbus Metro, Ohio

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Mount Vernon News

Fire destroys Pleasant Valley home

Close to 30 firefighters from five departments responded to an overnight house fire at 10129 Pleasant Valley Road.

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Jerry G. Ware

MANSFIELD -- Jerry G. Ware, 49, died Friday, July 11, 2008, at MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital.

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Related Topix: Mansfield Metro, Mansfield, OH, Howard, OH

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Mount Vernon News

Safety concerns being addressed

The hard work youths have been putting into preparing their fair projects for the Knox County Fair will soon pay off.

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Related Topix: Knox County, OH, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Mount Vernon News

Marth updates commissioners on many items

On Monday morning, the Knox County Board of Commissioners had a meeting with Emily Marth, safety, loss-control and HR coordinator.

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Related Topix: Knox County, OH

Mount Vernon News

Smoke forces evacuation

Firefighters were forced to break down the door of an apartment in the three-story Terrace apartment building Monday evening around 6:30, when smoke from the apartment escaped into the basement and neighboring ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Mount Vernon News

GM Ceo says Hummer only brand up for sale

General Motors touted Saturn as "a different kind of car" when it introduced the brand in 1990.

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Mount Vernon News

Christmas in July raises funds

Soroptimist International of Mount Vernon and Knox County, and Interchurch Social Services, sponsored the annual Christmas in July food drive on Saturday to restock the ISS food pantry.

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Related Topix: Knox County, OH, Danville, OH, Fredericktown, OH, Gambier, OH

Sun Jul 13, 2008

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Civil War-era barn in Mount Vernon gets new life with old techniques

MOUNT VERNON -- He walked into the old barn, tipped back his head, closed his eyes and inhaled deeply.

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Related Topix: Knox County, OH, Harvard University, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho

Sat Jul 12, 2008

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Creationist Science Teacher Who Burned Crosses Into Students Flesh:...

"At a contentious public meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio, the district school board scheduled a hearing on whether to fire teacher John Freshwater.

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Related Topix: Ohio University, University System of Georgia, Columbus (Ohio State University System), Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus State University (University System of Georgia), Evolution Debate

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Mount Vernon News

Chamber luncheon raises funds for Junior Fair

The Mount Vernon-Knox County Chamber of Commerce raised $1,600 on Wednesday at the chamber's annual Junior Fair Luncheon, held at The Dan Emmett Conference Center.

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Related Topix: Knox County, OH

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Mount Vernon News

Thirteen indicted by grand jury

Indictments were returned in 13 cases on Monday by a Knox County grand jury for various felony crimes.

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Related Topix: Zanesville, OH, Knox County, OH

Mount Vernon News

Proposal would change support level for schools

On July 1, the Ohio Department of Education announced that Ohio is one of six states being given the opportunity to change the way school districts address the needs of students in accordance with federal No ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Centerburg, OH

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Experience Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Mount Vernon tonight

MOUNT VERNON -- The most famous American of the late 1800s was not Mark Twain or Ulysses S. Grant or even P.T. Barnum, but Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show.

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Related Topix: History in the News

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Mount Vernon News

Canning a way to preserve home-grown food

When LuAnn Duncan, OSU-Knox County Extension Educator, checks pressure canner gauges on Friday at her office at 1025 Harcourt Road, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., she knows what she's doing.

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Related Topix: Knox County, OH, Fredericktown, OH, Life, Fruits, Food

Mount Vernon News

Logos help provide company recognition

Kathi Lore was willing to settle for a new location, new colors and a new ambiance.

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Related Topix: Gambier, OH, Graphic Design, Arts, Knox County, OH, Life, Food, Pizza, Centerburg, OH

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Newcastle car accident sends one to hospital

A Warsaw man is still being evaluated this afternoon by the emergency room of the Knox County Community Hospital in Mount Vernon after a Tuesday morning car accident.

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Related Topix: Warsaw, OH, Knox County, OH, Millersburg, OH

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Mount Vernon News

Center would help autistic children

Monica Hunnicut tells the story of an autistic high school boy who was being teased by classmates.

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Related Topix: Mount Gilead, OH, Logan, OH, Autism, Health

Mount Vernon News

Buffalo Bill Wild West Show re-enactment set for Saturday

The Knox County Horse Park and all the performers will put on a re-enactment of a Buffalo Bill Wild West Show to celebrate the Knox County bicentennial.

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Related Topix: Butler, OH, Knox County, OH

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