Mount Vernon and Painesville Riverside faced off in the OHSAA Division II state softball championship, a first-time appearance for both teams. Mount Vernon led 5-2, but Riverside scored five runs ...

Mount Vernon residents will vote in November on whether to replace the strong mayor form of government with a city manager. A second ballot question proposes requiring the city comptroller to be a ...

The first state tournament appearance for both the Mount Vernon and Painesville Riverside softball teams would have been memorable in any case, but for good measure their Division II championship ...

Freshman Harley Styndl's pinch-hit single drove in the winning run in the seventh inning. Mount Vernon will play Painesville Riverside in the OHSAA Division II state championship game. The Yellow ...

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group (CDG) is thrilled to announce the 37th Annual Heritage Days Festival on July 11 and 12. This year's event, themed "Y2K ...

Last month, as the 2025 climbing season began on Mount Everest, Nepal’s upper house of Parliament introduced a tourism bill that includes a suite of new rules that would significantly raise the ...

Mount Etna in Italy erupted on June 2, 2025. The eruption sent ash across eastern Sicily. Emergency measures are in place. Flights face delays. Tourist spots are closed. No casualties are reported.

The body of a climber who was ascending Alaska's Mount McKinley, also known as Denali, has been found two days after he fell approximately 3,000 feet, the National Park Service said. Alex Chiu ...

Mount Etna’s craters continue to smoulder two days after its largest eruption in four years sent tourists fleeing from a vast column of gas and ash on Monday. Tourists have returned to the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Former Mount Vernon Superintendent Waveline Bennett-Conroy appears to have been fired after an arbitration process. Bennett-Conroy faced disciplinary charges related to her handling of federal ...