Mount Vernon Main Street Alliance Board Members and City of Mount Vernon staff gathered to mark the long awaited start of the sidewalk improvement project

A petition requesting TxDOT to add a left turn lane off north bound Hwy. 37 onto CR NW 1030 (Airport Road) is being circulated.

More than 300 early voting ballots have been cast in elections for the City of Mount Vernon.

E. Ridley Briggs of Mount Vernon was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M University.

Five new fire warning flags were presented to Franklin County by Texas Forestry Service District personnel Monday.