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 when he retiresas director of transportation and building maintenance at Centerburg Local Schools, a position he has held for the last eight years. Earlier, he served […]
Larry Gibbs, Knox Educational Service Center
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Fredericktown’s 7th grade boys win KMAC basketball title
FREDERICKTOWN – Fredericktown Middle School’s 7th grade boys basketball team defeated Northmor 45-18 on Saturday to win the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference tournament championship on the Freddies’ court. Fredericktown finished the season with a 17-1 record, 14-0 in league play. The only loss was to Licking Valley. Team members earned high praise from coach Ben […]
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Freddies excel in Academic Challenge debut
FREDERICKTOWN – Sixth-grader Cora Frye has a message for fellow students at Fredericktown Middle School: Academic Challenge is fun. Cora is a member of the team that place third among 28 teams from 13 schools in recent Academic Challenge competition at the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center in Mansfield. This is Fredericktown’s first year to participate […]
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Fredericktown 6th-grader wins Knox County Spelling Bee
MOUNT VERNON – For quite a while the 2024 Knox County Spelling Bee resembled the Rocky movie in which heavyweights Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed battle toe-to-toe round after round. Thursday evening’s competition in the Mount Vernon High School theater eventually came down to Carsyn Adkins, a Fredericktown sixth-grader, and Lucas Colopy, an East Knox […]
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Transition U graduates overcome special needs
MOUNT VERNON – Four young people were awarded their high school diplomas on Friday after overcoming learning challenges to graduate from Transition U, a life skills teaching program at the Knox Learning Center. Families, friends and staff from the Learning Center gathered in the Alumni Room at Mount Vernon Nazarene University to applaud John Barnes, […]
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At 42, Stahl Forney began an 11-year college odyssey
Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way. — John Wooden MOUNT VERNON – Thousands of graduates this month will hear commencement speakers describe the road to success, a road that will bring challenges and setbacks but offer potential reward. Judy Stahl Forney traveled that road, overcoming […]
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Clear Fork helps special-needs kids overcome COVID-19 losses
BELLVILLE — Even in the best of times meeting the needs of special education students can pose a myriad of challenges for educators. But when the pandemic forced stay-at-home remote learning, augmented by summer breaks, those challenges intensified. Critical in-person, face-to-face contact was lost. For teachers and their special-needs students at Clear Fork Valley Local […]
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‘Freddie Flocking’ stirs excitement, pride in Fredericktown
FREDERICKTOWN — For some folks, recognition comes with a listing in “Who’s Who.” But in Fredericktown there’s nothing like the thrill of being Freddie Flocked. Drive around the village or nearby countryside and you’ll spot them: nearly 20 brightly colored Freddie Birds clustered on a lawn. The Freddie Flock does not head south for the […]
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Clear Fork student becomes trailblazer for special education transition students
BELLVILLE — Her name is Kaitlin. Her complete identity isn’t nearly as important as what she has accomplished. Kaitlin is a trailblazer for other special education transition students at Clear Fork High School who have more intensive needs required for independent living. She is the first to earn a paying job. Her work with Clear […]
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Clear Fork expects to delay tax issue until 2026
BELLVILLE – Treasurer Bradd Stevens said this week that Clear Fork Valley Local Schools expects to delay putting a tax issue on the ballot until 2026. Earlier, Stevens had anticipated that the district would have to seek an operating levy in 2024. The two-year delay is the result of three factors: COVID-19 grant funds, savings […]