
May 15, 2025
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...

May 14, 2025
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...

May 13, 2025
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...

May 12, 2025
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...

May 7, 2025
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 ...

April 30, 2025
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...

April 8, 2025
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...

April 4, 2025
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...

March 29, 2025
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...

March 20, 2025
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...

March 18, 2025
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...

March 3, 2025
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...

February 27, 2025
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...

January 16, 2025
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...

December 20, 2024
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...

December 20, 2024
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 ...

December 18, 2024
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...

December 9, 2024
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 ...

December 9, 2024
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 ...

December 9, 2024
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. ...