Mount Vernon NewsLocal news for Mount Vernon, OH continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Smoke forces evacuation- July 15, 2008 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 ...http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/smoke-forces-evacuation?fromrss=1 GM Ceo says Hummer only brand up for sale- July 15, 2008 General Motors touted Saturn as "a different kind of car" when it introduced the brand in 1990.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/gm-ceo-says-hummer-only-brand-up-for-sal... Christmas in July raises funds- July 14, 2008 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.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/christmas-in-july-raises-funds?fromrss=1 Civil War-era barn in Mount Vernon gets new life with old techniques- July 13, 2008 MOUNT VERNON -- He walked into the old barn, tipped back his head, closed his eyes and inhaled deeply.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/civil-war-era-barn-in-mount-vernon-gets-... Creationist Science Teacher Who Burned Crosses Into Students Flesh:...- July 12, 2008 "At a contentious public meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio, the district school board scheduled a hearing on whether to fire teacher John Freshwater.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/creationist-science-teacher-who-burned-c... Chamber luncheon raises funds for Junior Fair- July 11, 2008 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.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/chamber-luncheon-raises-funds-for-junior... Thirteen indicted by grand jury- July 11, 2008 Indictments were returned in 13 cases on Monday by a Knox County grand jury for various felony crimes.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/thirteen-indicted-by-grand-jury?fromrss=... Proposal would change support level for schools- July 10, 2008 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 ...http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/proposal-would-change-support-level-for-... Experience Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Mount Vernon tonight- July 10, 2008 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.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/experience-buffalo-bills-wild-west-in-mo... Canning a way to preserve home-grown food- July 9, 2008 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.http://www.topix.net/city/mount-vernon-oh/2008/07/canning-a-way-to-preserve-home-grown-foo... |