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MOUNT VERNON – The recent gourd harvest by elementary students from The Learning Center was much more than an afternoon in the autumn sun. It marked the culmination of hands-on s...

MOUNT VERNON – Helping young children who qualify for special education support is Sarah Hill’s passion. An intervention specialist, she has joined the Knox Educational Service C...

MOUNT VERNON -- Amy Krumm has joined the staff of the Knox Educational Service Center’s preschool at New Hope after serving 17 years as the lead teacher at the Child Development C...

MOUNT VERNON – Most teachers would swallow hard if they stepped into a classroom of 80 – yes, 80 – third and fourth graders. But Samantha Languis enthusiastically accepted that...

MOUNT VERNON – Casey Marteney surely is doing something right in her first weeks as a teacher in the Knox Educational Service Center’s (ESC) preschool at the New Hope Learning Cen...

MOUNT VERNON – After Annette Neighbarger retired from Mount Vernon City Schools on May 31, 2015, she cried for a month. “I wasn’t ready to retire,” said the 35-year physical educ...

MOUNT VERNON – Jan Jones is enthusiastic about her new role as a high school teacher at the ESC’s Knox Learning Center. As she explained in her application, “I am ready for a c...

MOUNT VERNON – When Angela Arbogast applied to teach at the Knox Learning Center, she wrote, “I have a lot of life experience as well as education.” Her life experience has cent...

“The Wonders of Wiggly River,” a touring show of Cincinnati-based River City Puppets, will open Knox County’s 2025 Youth Enrichment Series at Knox Memorial Theater on Sept. 3. B...

MOUNT VERNON – A veteran educator is partnering with the Knox Educational Service Center (ESC) to support principals and teachers throughout Knox County. Mike Hebenthal, former s...

MOUNT VERNON – Fifteen years working in a classroom have taught Adri Trace the key to educating children. “Making connections, building relationships; that’s where it starts,” sh...

Twenty-six employees of the Knox County Educational Service Center were honored for their years of service during Tuesday’s annual staff meeting breakfast to open the new school y...

MOUNT VERNON – Superintendent Dr. Timm Mackley struck a familiar chord Tuesday as the Knox County Educational Service Center (ESC) began its 111th year of supporting local public ...

DANVILLE – Children at Danville Elementary School learned Wednesday that many different health care jobs support the work of doctors and nurses. Knox Community Hospital and the K...

HOWARD – Preschool students at East Knox Elementary demonstrated recently that you are never too young to be an artist. The preschool, operated by the Knox Educational Service C...

HOWARD – Logan Whitney didn’t want to wait for hands-on opportunities in his quest to become a veterinarian. That’s why he decided to enroll in the animal science/pre-veterinary p...

MOUNT VERNON – Not everyone would embrace the nickname “The Mule.” But then, not everyone has the focus, the determination and the achievements of Evan Williams. Why “The Mule”? M...

DANVILLE – If you’re in this eastern Knox County village this Saturday night you might hear Marley Boone singing and playing her guitar at the Bottleneck bar and grille. She’ll ...

CENTERBURG – There were days when Dylan Meier didn’t want to leave home. The skin conditions that developed while he was in middle school – perioral dermatitis and seborrheic der...

MOUNT VERNON – Dozens of teachers in the Centerburg, Danville, East Knox and Fredericktown school districts are enrolled in training to provide services to gifted students, fulfil...