Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Cutting the tax rate
The City of Mount Vernon hopes to slay the “property tax dragon” as it begins to make an effort to reduce its more than 70 cents per $100 rate over the coming years.
Monthly sales tax revenue distributed
This year for June, Franklin County received $27,491.72 in tax allocations. The City of Mount Vernon received $41,918.45 in tax allocations for June 2010.
Marksmen Quartet to perform
The Marksmen Quartet, 2010 Dove Award nominees, will bring traditional mountain gospel music to the Calvary Baptist Temple at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 1.
Cherokee Program
Joe and Kathy Copeland will present the Water Beetle Cherokee programs to weave history, music and tribal stories into presentations, which should be both entertaining and educational. The programs will be, Thursday, July 29 at no cost to the public. The programs are a co...
Slippery ride
Masiah Willis and Sarah Rains went for a slippery ride on one of the three water slides at the Summer Reading Closing Ceremonies on Friday, July 23 at the library.
Puppet theatre
More than 130 children and adults attended the Dallas Puppet Theatre performance Thursday, July 15 in the First National Bank Century Room.
World Series competition
The Franklin County eight and under coach pitch division all-star team finished fifth in the Dixie Youth AA Region III Coach Pitch and Machine Pitch World Series in Longview July 17-19.
Volleyball practice begins
Two a day practices for the Lady Tigers volleyball players will begin on Monday, Aug. 2 at 8 a.m.
Class of 1990
The Mount Vernon High School Class of 1990 had their 20 year class reunion Friday and Saturday, July 16-17 and 22 classmates and guest for a total of 35 people attended the event.
Band rehearsal
The Mount Vernon Mighty Tiger Marching Band will begin gearing up for the upcoming season with meetings and rehearsals starting Friday, July 30.
Doing the right thing
By Susan Reeves
The Mount Vernon City Council did the right thing during the regular meeting on Tuesday, July 13. Council member Jasper Scott presented a proposal to return the verbiage on building permit fees back to what they were prior to changes made last mont...
Permit controversy
By Susan Reeves
City Manager Lee Elliott is not happy about the editorial published in the June 17 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald, which questioned the need for citizens of the City of Mount Vernon to obtain a permit to replace a defective HVAC unit.
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