Mount Vernon NewsLocal news for Mount Vernon, IN continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Getting there is half the fun- July 23, 2008 Ladies and gentlemen, start your hot-air balloons -- and model trains, powered parachutes and radio-controlled model airplanes.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/getting-there-is-half-the-fun?fromrss=1 Fresh-faced schools await Mount Vernon students return- July 21, 2008 BOB GWALTNEY Courier & Press Jack Carter caulks the windows on the new brick facade of West Elementary School in Mount Vernon, Ind., on Thursday.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/fresh-faced-schools-await-mount-vernon-s... Small Congregations Midway United Methodist- July 20, 2008 Editor's note: This is the second in a series of stories about small Tri-State congregations.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/small-congregations-midway-united-method... Abuse reports lacking- July 18, 2008 DENNY SIMMONS Courier & Press Melanie Doty, center, discusses what she thinks is a lack of enforcement of a law requiring reporting cases of suspected child abuse.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/abuse-reports-lacking?fromrss=1 Fuel costs force co-op to raise prices- July 16, 2008 By JOI LOUVIERE Courier Press staff writer 464-7419 or louvierejcourierpress.com Friday, July 11, 2008 ERIN McCRACKEN Courier & Press Amanda Stewart, a board member and working member of the River City ...http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/fuel-costs-force-co-op-to-raise-prices?f... Wabash flood creates island in farmland- July 14, 2008 MOUNT VERNON, Ind. -- The force of June's record flooding on the Wabash River created an island that has left about a dozen farmers cut off from some of their cropland.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/wabash-flood-creates-island-in-farmland?... Crash victim 'very lucky woman,' says deputy- July 12, 2008 A Mt. Vernon, Ind., driver involved in a collision with a semi tractor trailer on the Lloyd Expressway this morning "is one very lucky woman," according to Deputy Rob Lutz of the Vanderburgh County sheriff's ...http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/crash-victim-very-lucky-woman-says-deput... A poor (farm) sort of safety net- July 10, 2008 Courtesy Willard Library, Karl K. Knecht photograph This photograph, taken around 1900, shows the Vanderburgh County Poor Farm, which is no longer standing.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/a-poor-farm-sort-of-safety-net?fromrss=1 Tristate News Breifs for July 8, 2008- July 8, 2008 A 17-year-old girl died Sunday morning in Mount Vernon after the four-wheeler she was riding overturned on top of her, officials said in a news release.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/tristate-news-breifs-for-july-8-2008?fro... Motorcyclist dies after crash on Dragon- July 6, 2008 An Indiana motorcyclist died Tuesday of injuries he suffered in a crash on the Dragon the day before.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-in/2008/07/motorcyclist-dies-after-crash-on-dragon?... |