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MOUNT VERNON – Dozens of teachers in the Centerburg, Danville, East Knox and Fredericktown school districts are enrolled in training to provide services to gifted students, fulfil...

MOUNT VERNON – Two dozen Knox County high school seniors began a month-long journey Thursday which could lead to fulltime employment as soon as they graduate. They are enrolled i...

MOUNT VERNON – If you think elementary school is too early for students to start thinking about careers, think again. Children in kindergarten through fifth grade aren’t expected...

MOUNT VERNON – Christopher Hawthorne recalls that while his elementary school classmates were running and playing he often was studying how the playground equipment was put togeth...

MOUNT VERNON – When Lacy Holt was hired five years ago to provide custodial and light maintenance duties at the Knox Learning Center, no one really needed to show her around. Aft...

HOWARD – East Knox Local Schools has launched a community-based strategic planning initiative to help define the district’s short- and longer-term goals. Twenty-seven district re...

FREDERICKTOWN – It’s obvious that Quinn Sharp, Jace Smith and Lachlan Flint enjoy an academic challenge. All three -- members of Fredericktown’s sixth-grade Academic Challenge te...

MOUNT VERNON – A seventh-grade saxophone player from Centerburg won the 65th annual Knox County Spelling Bee Wednesday evening. Kiley Frye emerged as the champion by correctly sp...

MOUNT VERNON – As director of the Knox Learning Center, Joe Mazarri knows that compassion and understanding are as important as discipline and academics. His students have learni...

MOUNT VERNON – Along about 1992 Judge James Ronk of the Knox County Juvenile Court had seen enough Three-day school suspensions were removing disruptive students from classrooms ...

DANVILLE – Seventh-graders at Danville Junior High School got a first-hand look at careers of their choice Wednesday and they did it without leaving their classroom. Using virtua...

DANVILLE – Four students from Danville Local Schools have earned the honor to represent their district in next month’s 65th annual Knox County Spelling Bee. They won their recent ...

CENTERBURG – Emmaline “Emmie” Perkins, Willow Barnard, Kiley Frye and Dallas Boggs will represent Centerburg Local Schools in next month’s Knox County Spelling Bee. The four won ...

FREDERICKTOWN – Four students will represent Fredericktown Local Schools in next month’s 65th annual Knox County Spelling Bee. They won their recent in-school, grade-level bees. ...

MOUNT VERNON – Xzyaeren Gabriel “Gab” Cabarcas, Vincent Jiang and Jace Dewitt will represent Mount Vernon Middle School in next month’s Knox County Spelling Bee. The trio won the...

MOUNT VERNON – An audience of 200 senior citizens got a glimpse Thursday of the inevitable changes that are coming to Mount Vernon City Schools. The district welcomed them to its...

MOUNT VERNON – Is it the 15th year? Or the 16th? No one remembers for sure but the Knox Learning Center is preparing its annual Thanksgiving feast for students, their families an...

HOWARD – Four East Knox Elementary students have earned the right to represent their school at the 2025 Knox County Spelling Bee. The county bee is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Jan. 1...

MOUNT VERNON – Superintendent Timm Mackley was blunt about the impact the late Terry Walter had on the Knox Learning Center. “There’s not a thing in this building that wasn’t tou...

MOUNT VERNON – Wind gusts couldn’t blow away the fun of the Knox Learning Center’s annual playground trick-or-treat Thursday afternoon. Staff, many dressed in colorful Halloween ...