Grant Pepper, Staff Reporter
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KMAC’s 2018 Player of the Year out indefinitely
GALION – The Knox Morrow Athletic Conference’s 2018 Player of the Year did not play in Week 1, and his coach said this week “there is no timetable set for […]
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‘It’s still fresh in our minds’: 9/11 first responders share stories of loss, hope in Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON – On the morning of September 11, 2001, John Lambkin and Joe Gavitt stood at the epicenter of the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history. As everyone ran […]
Posted inLife and culture
Brain freeze or bust: Inaugural ice cream eating contest draws competitors of all ages
MOUNT VERNON – The contestants came to the table neat, orderly, usually smiling. They left defeated; some with brain-freeze, others with stomach aches, all with vanilla ice cream splattered somewhere […]
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Mount Vernon illustrator makes New York Times Best Sellers list
MOUNT VERNON – This week, one local illustrator received his industry’s highest honor. It wasn’t the first time. Mount Vernon’s Tim Bowers, an artist and children’s book illustrator, made the […]
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Miss Mabel’s Miracle: Knox County woman turns 105
HOWARD – As time progresses, the wires connecting present and past begin to fray. Today, the remnants of life pre-World War I are largely artifactual. Books, letters, photographs. They’re in […]
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How to stay safe on the Kokosing River’s most dangerous stretch
BUTLER TOWNSHIP – Within a recent span of five days, two people went missing in the Kokosing River. First, Mount Vernon resident Mark Booth. The 40-year-old was reportedly swept up by […]
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As Danville teen battles brain tumor, community rallies in support
DANVILLE – Skyler Moore doesn’t know what the future holds. But he knows his hometown will be behind him no matter what. The 2019 Danville High School graduate was recently […]