DANVILLE — Kaiden Colopy pushed himself to the point of exhaustion multiple times Friday night. There was the time, late in the first half, when he found himself doubled over on Danville’s sideline after a big run, gasping for air and dry heaving in the 80-degree heat. Then there were the moments in the fourth […]
Grant Pepper, Staff Reporter
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Intel groundbreaking draws U.S. president to central Ohio
JOHNSTOWN — President Joe Biden arrived in western Licking County on Friday to the smell of manure and diesel fuel, the sound of John Deere excavators beeping and whirring, and the site of what those in attendance called a “transformational” and “generational” project – not only for Ohio, but also America. Intel, the California-based semiconductor […]
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District buy-in crucial to making Fredericktown latchkey program work
A two-part series Fredericktown Local Schools is the only public school district in Knox County with a latchkey program. Local officials believe latchkey programs could help mitigate Knox County’s child care shortage. This is the second in a two-part series examining how Fredericktown’s program operates and what other districts might be able to learn from […]
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Could Fredericktown’s latchkey program serve as a model for other Knox County school districts?
A two-part series Fredericktown Local Schools is the only public school district in Knox County with a latchkey program. Local officials believe latchkey programs could help mitigate Knox County’s child care shortage. This is the first in a two-part series examining how Fredericktown’s program operates and what other districts might be able to learn from […]
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Danville throws convincing shutout at Bucyrus
DANVILLE — Kaiden Colopy doesn’t want to put the cart before the horse. But he thinks his Danville Blue Devils have something special brewing here. The boys in blue and white are 2-0 for the first time since 2017 – the year Danville made its second state semifinal in three seasons – and neither contest […]
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Week 2: Regional high school football scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 26
Here is the Knox County high school football scoreboard for Aug. 26, 2022: Danville 42 Bucyrus 0 Danville improves to 2-0, while Bucyrus falls to 1-1. Fredericktown 36 Northridge 6 Fredericktown improves to 1-1, Northridge falls to 0-2. Centerburg 28 Grandview Heights 12 Centerburg improves to 1-1, Grandview Heights falls to 1-1. Newark 35 Mount […]
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KCSO deputy shoots, kills woman during exchange of gunfire in Butler Twp.
BUTLER TOWNSHIP — A Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a 41-year-old woman in Butler Township on Monday night during an exchange of gunfire, Sheriff David Shaffer said in a press release early Tuesday morning. The incident marked Knox County’s second fatal police shooting in the last three days. Deputies received a call […]
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BCI seizes 1,000 firearms, 140,000 rounds of ammo at Knox Co. shooting site
MONROE TOWNSHIP — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) has seized more than 1,000 firearms and over 140,000 rounds of ammunition from the Monroe Township property where brothers Randy A. Wilhelm and Bradley L. Wilhelm were shot and killed by law enforcement Saturday morning, according to a press release issued by the agency Monday. […]
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Knox Co. Sheriff IDs suspects killed by law enforcement after Howard-area standoff
HOWARD — Two suspects shot and killed by law enforcement officers after a nine-hour standoff on Saturday morning have now been identified by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. Knox Co. Sheriff David Shaffer identified the suspects as 56-year-old Randy A. Wilhelm and 53-year-old Bradley L. Wilhelm in a press release issued on Sunday. At approximately […]