CENTERBURG — Agriculture teacher Matt Weade recently left a Centerburg Local Schools meeting in awe. The gathering focused chronic absenteeism — and how the district planned to combat it. Centerburg Local Schools voluntarily participated in Each Child On Track in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, a state program targeting at-risk students. Weade is part […]
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Panchos Tacos expands to Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON – Panchos Tacos has landed in Knox County — specifically, Mount Vernon. The history of Panchos Tacos starts with husband and wife Luis and Natalie, launching their first restaurant, El Campestre, in 1998 in Mansfield. In 2014, they opened Los 3 Mayas, on Ashland Road in Mansfield, with a brother, Jesus. Jesus started a taco […]
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Five new members added to Fredericktown Hall of Honor
FREDERICKTOWN — Fredericktown Local Schools have welcomed five new inductees into the district’s alumni hall of honor. The hall of honor recognizes graduates, living and deceased, who, through their exemplary actions and achievements reflect positively on the Fredericktown Local Schools so that present-day students may identify with their efforts and establish goals for the future. […]
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Knox County WW II vet returns home — after 80 years
1st Lt. Wayne D. Crowl, bombardier in a B-24 Liberator, was killed in action in France in January 1944.
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Habitat For Humanity hands keys to Fredericktown homeowner
FREDERICKTOWN — Terry Schulz knew Angela Segovia was ready to be a homeowner. Schulz fought for Segovia during the Knox County Habitat for Humanity home application process. “Something from the initial application I knew we had the right person for this house,” Schulz said. “It’s going to be a perfect house.” In the end, he […]
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Ackerman Nature Preserve adds two bird-watching blinds
FREDERICKTOWN – Bird watchers will now have a more comfortable way to enjoy their hobby thanks to two new bird blinds installed at the Ackerman Nature Preserve on Wednesday. The bird blinds were possible thanks to citizen donations totaling $5,300. Established in 2012 through a generous gift from the Ackerman family to the Fredericktown Recreation […]
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Freddies announce Dr. Robert & Patricia Hines Ronk & Family Scholarship
FREDERICKTOWN — The Fredericktown High School Alumni Association has announced its 31st fully endowed scholarship; the “Dr. Robert & Patricia Hines Ronk & Family Scholarship.” This Scholarship, which will be first awarded to a 2024 FHS graduate, was funded by Dr. Robert Ronk & Patricia Hines Ronk to help the next generations of Fredericktown graduates with […]