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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...

MOUNT VERNON – Two dozen Knox County high school seniors began a month-long journey Thursday which could lead to fulltime employment as soon as they graduate. They are enrolled i...

MOUNT VERNON – If you think elementary school is too early for students to start thinking about careers, think again. Children in kindergarten through fifth grade aren’t expected...

MOUNT VERNON – Christopher Hawthorne recalls that while his elementary school classmates were running and playing he often was studying how the playground equipment was put togeth...

MOUNT VERNON – When Lacy Holt was hired five years ago to provide custodial and light maintenance duties at the Knox Learning Center, no one really needed to show her around. Aft...

HOWARD – East Knox Local Schools has launched a community-based strategic planning initiative to help define the district’s short- and longer-term goals. Twenty-seven district re...

FREDERICKTOWN – It’s obvious that Quinn Sharp, Jace Smith and Lachlan Flint enjoy an academic challenge. All three -- members of Fredericktown’s sixth-grade Academic Challenge te...

MOUNT VERNON – A seventh-grade saxophone player from Centerburg won the 65th annual Knox County Spelling Bee Wednesday evening. Kiley Frye emerged as the champion by correctly sp...

MOUNT VERNON – As director of the Knox Learning Center, Joe Mazarri knows that compassion and understanding are as important as discipline and academics. His students have learni...

MOUNT VERNON – Along about 1992 Judge James Ronk of the Knox County Juvenile Court had seen enough Three-day school suspensions were removing disruptive students from classrooms ...

DANVILLE – Seventh-graders at Danville Junior High School got a first-hand look at careers of their choice Wednesday and they did it without leaving their classroom. Using virtua...

DANVILLE – Four students from Danville Local Schools have earned the honor to represent their district in next month’s 65th annual Knox County Spelling Bee. They won their recent ...

CENTERBURG – Emmaline “Emmie” Perkins, Willow Barnard, Kiley Frye and Dallas Boggs will represent Centerburg Local Schools in next month’s Knox County Spelling Bee. The four won ...

FREDERICKTOWN – Four students will represent Fredericktown Local Schools in next month’s 65th annual Knox County Spelling Bee. They won their recent in-school, grade-level bees. ...