Kevin and Kathy Byers want to annex two parcels at 103 Richard St. into the village to take advantage of village water and ...

Jean Carter, 96, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, formally a lifelong resident of Fredericktown passed away on August 22, 2025 at the ...

The Fire Department will be conducting annual hydrant flushing in the northern half of the City between Sept. 2 and Sept. 30.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Lt. Governor Jim Tressel and Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen D. Dackin announced ...

The Mount Vernon Police Department issued the following report after officers’ activity from Aug. 20 to 24. These reports ...

Daniel L. Green, age 81, of Mount Vernon passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Newark.

Steven Sharp Baker, age 76, of Utica, Ohio, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025, surrounded by family at Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio. He was born on August 3, 1949, in Mount Vernon, ...

The community has rallied to support a single mother of four children recover from the total loss of her house to a fire over the weekend.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University athletics is pleased to announce the hiring of Darren Moon as the next head coach of the Esports program on Monday, Aug. 25. “We are very excited to welcome Darren as ...

MOUNT VERNON — City council members are expected to vote Monday on a financial agreement that pays for the $3.465 million in ...

Jack Harris of Intercept Management recommends a solution that restores the dam close to its original footprint and has low ...

Bling was the thing at halftime of the Mount Vernon High School football game on Friday night.  After the bands left the field, the near-capacity crowd had its attention drawn to the playing surface ...