Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

royalty members of the Sheriff’s Posse of Franklin County helped serve the meal First responders and their families were treated to a Southern barbecue dinner by the staff at Deer Lake Cabins Ranch Resort Friday, June 28.

City HOT fund applications due

Details: Category: News; Published on Sunday, 30 June 2019 14:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Organizations that would like to secure Hotel/Motel Tax funding from the City of Mount Vernon for projects between Oct. 1, 2019 through Sept. 30, 2020, must submit an application for consideration.

Suddenlink gets county contract

Details: Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 02 July 2019 18:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Franklin County accepted a new two-year contract for internet services from Suddenlink, the only provider to submit a bid, for about $1,400 less per month than the current contract.

Capital items for city budget reviewed by council

Details: Category: News; Published on Friday, 28 June 2019 18:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The Mount Vernon City Council reviewed a list of capital funding items totaling $178,999 to be considered as they began their 2019-20 budget review at a Monday evening workshop.

Budget hearings, reviews underway for 2020 budget

Details: Category: News; Published on Monday, 01 July 2019 18:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The annual hearing of requests from both county department heads and government agencies requesting funding from Franklin County for the 2020 budget year began Monday afternoon and continued into Tuesday.

Tree damage

Details: Category: News; Published on Wednesday, 26 June 2019 15:26; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Two large trees were toppled over and barely missed playground equipment at Little Creek Park during storms that blew through during the early hours of Tuesday, June 19.

EDC relinquishes federal grant for rail port

Details: Category: News; Published on Monday, 01 July 2019 14:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The Mount Vernon Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors formally relinquished any and all rights to the federally funded grant of about $1.2 million to purchase land, engineer, plan and possibly begin an early phase of construction for a rail port.

Adults arrested after kids test positive for meth

Details: Category: News; Published on Monday, 24 June 2019 13:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Joe Bradley Griffith and Haleigh Dahn Rogers have been arrested and charged with abandon or endanger a child - criminal negligence after children ages five months and one year old tested positive for methamphetamine.