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

Daniel L. Green, age 81, of Mount Vernon passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Newark.

Jean Carter, 96, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, formally a lifelong resident of Fredericktown passed away on August 22, 2025 at the ...

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 ...

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.

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

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, ...

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

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

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 ...

The KNox County commissioners are accepting grant applications for the OneOhio Grant Program. Applications are due Oct. 10.

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