The 2,000 mile Carry the Load relay will travel through Franklin County on Friday, May 24 and walkers are needed to support this cause.

The annual Hagansport Cemetery Homecoming will be Sunday, June 9 at the Mount Olive Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. For more information, see the May 16 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.

J. D. Baumgardner has been chosen as the 2013 recipient of the Parsons High School Distinguished Viking Alumnus Award in Parsons, Kans.

Local organizers are gearing up for the Creek of Dreams Ragball Tournament now less than four weeks away.