We wish a happy retirement to Vickie Lybarger and Jean Hart.
Thank you, Vickie, for giving our kids the cleanest facilities for 24 years. Yep folks, if you think picking up after your kids is a chore, try doing it for 540 of them!… Read full story
For the community, by the community
We wish a happy retirement to Vickie Lybarger and Jean Hart.
Thank you, Vickie, for giving our kids the cleanest facilities for 24 years. Yep folks, if you think picking up after your kids is a chore, try doing it for 540 of them!… Read full story
Mount Vernon Police Arrests – Dec 01 2016
(Information courtesy of The Mount Vernon Police Department)
Eric Leeper, 28, of Mount Vernon,
was charged with a probation violation on November 28th 2016.
Joseph Roesing, 18, of Mount Vernon,
was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance ahead on November 28th 2016.… Read full story
The Gambier Child Care Center participated in a fundraiser to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on the week of November 14th. Each day of the week was designated as a special day to being in donations.
Monday – Pajama Penny Day when the children were able to wear their favorite pajamas to school.… Read full story
Heather Brayshaw from First Knox National Bank stopped by for today’s MERIT Court session with a gift of 2017 calendars. (Heather is shown here between MERIT Court Probation Officer Joel Carter and Judge Thatcher.) MERIT Court participants are required to keep a daily calendar of their appointments with the Probation Dept.,… Read full story
RapidScat completed its successful two-year mission, outlasting its original decommission date before suffering a power loss in mid-August.
HOUSTON, TX, November 30, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ — On Sept. 21, 2014, NASA scientists and engineers launched RapidScat toward the orbiting International Space Station, 250 miles above the Earth’s surface, with a few objectives in mind: improve weather forecasting on Earth, provide cross-calibration for all international satellites that monitor ocean winds, and improve estimates of how ocean winds change throughout the day, around the globe.… Read full story
Gov. Kasich announces a $15 million investment to make a 35-mile stretch of U.S. 33 between Dublin and East Liberty into a real-world proving ground for autonomous and connected vehicles
DUBLIN, OH – Continuing to build its reputation as a world leader in smart mobility, including autonomous and connected vehicle research, Ohio is investing $15 million to install advanced highway technology along the Smart Mobility Corridor, a 35‑mile stretch of U.S. … Read full story
COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol will join forces with other members of the 6-State Trooper Project to focus on OVI enforcement from Friday, December 2 at 12:01 a.m. through Sunday, December 4 at 11:59 p.m. This high-visibility enforcement effort will include the Indiana State Police, Kentucky State Police, Michigan State Police, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Pennsylvania State Police and the West Virginia State Police.… Read full story
COLUMBUS, OHIO (Nov. 30, 2016) – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) today accepted the results of Duke’s fourth wholesale auction that will ultimately determine its retail generation service rates through May 2018.
The results from this auction will be used to determine Duke’s price-to-compare for the delivery period of June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018.… Read full story
(MCARTHUR, Ohio)— Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that an Ohio man was sentenced to prison for stealing more than $2 million in timber from property owned by an elderly Grove City resident.
This morning, Vinton County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Simmons sentenced Mark Betts, 53, of McArthur, to four years in prison.… Read full story
The Knox County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #147 will be holding our Annual Toy Drive for less fortunate Knox County families. We will be doing our solicitation on Saturday, December 3th, 2016, from 10am to 2pm. Off duty officers will be accepting new toys or cash donations at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, TSC, and Marshall’s. … Read full story