FREDERICKTOWN – The search for two armed individuals near the Richland County line is tied to an officer-involved shooting that allegedly occurred in Fredericktown on Thursday afternoon, according to local law enforcement officials. Fredericktown Police Chief Kyle Johnson told Knox Pages Thursday that one of his units was involved in an exchange near the intersection of […]
Grant Pepper, Staff Reporter
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Sheriff’s office searching for two individuals, allegedly armed, near Richland County line
MOUNT VERNON – Deputies from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office are seeking help from the public in locating two individuals, allegedly armed, near the Richland County line. The individuals were last seen traveling in a red Pontiac Grand Am on Divelbiss Road, according to a Knox Alert sent by the sheriff’s office Thursday afternoon. The vehicle […]
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Captured: How Knox County authorities handled a 23-hour, 56-minute manhunt that included a high-speed car chase
FREDERICKTOWN – Kathy Hathaway was at the kitchen table Tuesday evening, talking with a couple of longtime friends, when the sirens began. It was a calm spring night – the sun dipping below the horizon, the dew settling on the grass – until it wasn’t. First came the maroon car, tearing down Montgomery Road in […]
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‘It’s a dream come true’: Senior-laden Freddies clinch third straight KMAC title
FREDERICKTOWN – Three days. That’s how long Fredericktown had to wait to play Centerburg for the second time, in a game that would decide whether or not the Freddies would repeat as Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference co-champions for the third year in a row. The game was supposed to be played last Friday, but rainy conditions […]
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Two-hour police standoff resolved peacefully in Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON – A two-hour standoff Tuesday evening between Mount Vernon police officers and a man threatening violence in his north-end apartment complex ended peacefully. Jake T. Cullen, 29, was taken into custody after barricading himself in his apartment on Follin Avenue. Cullen, a tenant at Vernon Ridge Apartments, had allegedly threatened to harm management […]
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Local athletes shine at Cowen Redbird Invitational
LOUDONVILLE – Larr-ah-sen-tay. Lahr-uh-ken-tay. To the PA announcers in Loudonville’s press box Saturday, Highland sophomore Juliette Laracuente’s name was an unclearable hurdle. They batted .999 on the day, successfully pronouncing hundreds of names from 14 schools in a six-hour span. But “Laracuente” proved impossible. It was likely their first time reading it. Her freshman season […]
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Banana bread bomb scare causes rise in Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON – Around 4 p.m. Sunday, police officers in Mount Vernon responded to a call about two suspicious packages at Phillips Park. They were wrapped in tin foil, located on the table underneath the pavilion. The caller spotted them while walking on the Kokosing Gap Trail. For the next three hours, as snow blanketed […]
