Mount Vernon News - Mount Vernon, OHThe daily news feed of the Mount Vernon News, a newspaper in Central Ohio.Fire destroys Pleasant Valley home- July 18, 2008 MOUNT VERNON -- Close to 30 firefighters from five departments responded to an overnight house fire at 10129 Pleasant Valley Road. The three bedroom manufactured home was already engulfed in flames when the first fire trucks arrived from Central Ohio Joint Fire District around 11:30 p.m., according to incident commander Lt. Dave Miller.http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/08/07/18/pv_fire.html A carny's life full of hard work- July 18, 2008 MOUNT VERNON -- Carnival workers, or carnies, have the reputation of being hard-living, rough-talking, sometimes unsavory but hard-working, nomads. They travel with and set up, run and tear down those rides fairgoers love to be spun, looped and whirled on at the county fair.http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/08/07/18/fair_ride_operators.html Moundbuilders uses video to improve services- July 18, 2008 MOUNT VERNON -- 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.http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/08/07/18/moundbuilders.html Ag museum opens new wing - VIDEO- July 18, 2008 MOUNT VERNON -- It's one thing to have insights into the rich and complex past of an agrarian community, it's quite another thing to be able to pass those insights along to others. The Knox County Agricultural Museum has had the insights in the form of a trove of displays which speak volumes about the history of life in Knox County over the last 200 years.http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/08/07/18/ag_museum.html |