The Fire Department will be conducting annual hydrant flushing in the northern half of the City between Sept. 2 and Sept. 30.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Lt. Governor Jim Tressel and Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen D. Dackin announced ...

The community has rallied to support a single mother of four children recover from the total loss of her house to a fire over the weekend.

The Mount Vernon Police Department issued the following report after officers’ activity from Aug. 20 to 24. These reports ...

Steven Sharp Baker, age 76, of Utica, Ohio, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025, surrounded by family at Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio. He was born on August 3, 1949, in Mount Vernon, ...

Mount Vernon Nazarene University athletics is pleased to announce the hiring of Darren Moon as the next head coach of the Esports program on Monday, Aug. 25. “We are very excited to welcome Darren as ...

Bling was the thing at halftime of the Mount Vernon High School football game on Friday night.  After the bands left the field, the near-capacity crowd had its attention drawn to the playing surface ...

During her 30-year tenure with the Knox County 9911 dispatch center, Laura Webster rose from a dispatch to operations director.

The Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets ran out of time before they ran out of downs on Friday night, falling to Marion Harding 21-14 ...

Mount Vernon native Tyler Jacklin filed as a write-in candidate for Mount Vernon's Third Ward city council seat.

Following the Davis touchdown, Fredericktown successfully recovered an onside kick, keeping the offense on the field at ...

Rodeniser (Hiles), 84 of Utica passed away on August 20, 2025 at Licking Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family.