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MOUNT VERNON – If an emergency forces the evacuation of a Knox County public school, there are two priorities: the safety of students and staff and the secure reunification of chi...

HOWARD – East Knox Elementary second-grader Colt Keyes knows for sure that Principal Melissa Moreland has a heart. He used a stethoscope – yes, a real one – during Friday’s healt...

FREDERICKTOWN – Sharley Maglott, a 10-year bus driver for Fredericktown Local Schools, always is watching out for the potential dangers posed by errant drivers. Now she’s on the a...

CENTERBURG – It isn’t often that you can step out your door and right into a pumpkin patch. But that’s exactly what children in the preschool operated by the Knox Educational Ser...

MOUNT VERNON – They ran. They climbed. They laughed. And they said thank you. Children at the Knox Educational Service Center (ECS) preschool at New Hope gathered to express the...

MOUNT VERNON – In June the Ohio Association of School Business Officials sponsored a program in Columbus titled “So you want to be a school treasurer.” Registration information ...

MOUNT VERNON – The Little Mermaid Jr. will swim into Knox Memorial Theater this week for two shows as part of the 2024 Youth Enrichment Series (YES!) MTVarts will present a...

MOUNT VERNON – This is the story of the microbiologist who put away her microscope and picked up a guitar, much to the delight of thousands of Knox County first-graders. Sarah Go...

Twenty-three employees were recognized for service ranging from five to 20 years at the Knox Educational Service Center’s staff breakfast meeting on August 13. “The experience a...

MOUNT VERNON – Dr. Timm Mackley took a page from “The Wizard of Oz” Tuesday morning when he recognized five long-time Knox Educational Service Center (ESC) employees with honorary...

CENTERBURG – Randy Bradford never realized his high school dream of a career in radio. Instead, this week he will close the book on 47 years in public education whe...

MOUNT VERNON – Small radishes and lettuce leaves generated big smiles recently as elementary students at the Knox Learning Center harvested them from raised garden beds in a corn...

MOUNT VERNON – Three young men received their high school diplomas Friday after overcoming learning challenges at Transition U, a life-skills teaching program at the Knox Learning ...

FREDERICKTOWN – Sixth-graders who gathered for a photo Thursday had a resounding response when asked if they were ready for their third trip to Academic Challenge. “Yes!” they de...

MOUNT VERNON – Several Knox County graduating seniors will have jobs waiting for them after they receive their diplomas, thanks to their participation in ASPECT, a manufacturing ...

MOUNT VERNON – A crowd of approximately 275 got more than a meal Tuesday during Mount Vernon City Schools’ spring senior citizens luncheon. After dining on chicken salad and croi...

MOUNT VERNON – For most high school seniors graduation opens the door to higher education, employment or military service. For others, that door doesn’t open easily. Some soon-to...

MOUNT VERNON – Two dozen Knox County high school seniors have begun a five-week journey that could lead to the start of rewarding manufacturing careers immediately after graduatio...

MOUNT VERNON – A young man who was “definitely very shy” when he entered Mount Vernon High School as a freshman will graduate next month first in his class and as president of th...

MOUNT VERNON – Small hands were in the dirt Monday at the Knox Learning Center, helping to expand indoor gardening experiences in two elementary classrooms. Students helped to lo...