The Posey County News

Special to the News The 2026 North Posey Hall of Fame will be held on January 24, 2026 at 6 p.m. in the main gym at North Posey High School. The individual inductees selected for this year are Emily Maier Stevens, Jennifer Donner Fribley, Tom Carl, Danny Jochim and Lester Seib. This year, two girls’ basketball teams will be inducted, the 1992-93 team and the 1993-94 team. The team members were as follows: Carolyn Bender, Mandy Berglund, Diona Brown, Kelly Brown Hoehn, Anne-Ma

Posey County Historian Jerry King Note: News in this article includes: Chamber of Commerce urges city to purchase park, Five chicken thieves are sentenced, Malcolm Buchanan injured in automobile collision, Bank officers and directors elected, Child falls on stove, three short news briefs, sports, and many news briefs and personals. Chamber Of Commerce Urges City To Purchase Black’s Park - A communication from the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce was read at the first regular

Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham apologized to the family of a Cynthiana teen who was killed in a crash in November, after his initial report stated alcohol could have been a factor. Authorities investigated a deadly crash which took place on State Road 65 in Posey County on the morning of November 21, 2025. The Posey County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call around 3:26 a.m. Authorities said they found a white Ford F-150 significantly damaged and partially wrapped aroun

By Lois Mittino Gray At age 91, Chuck Mobley feels it’s time to hang up the leash on his job as Posey County’s Animal Control Officer. The spry senior said it is getting harder to wrangle the big dogs at his age. “If one of them gets wrapped around me on the leash, it gets harder to keep my balance and I don’t want to end up being on the ground,” he explained of his decision to retire as soon as his replacement is hired. “I’m ready to go,” he said with an easy grin. Chuck Mob

By Lois Mittino Gray After Christmas means the holiday bills start coming to the house in droves. Posey County residents have been noticing that postal delivery times are much slower now and often result in late fees when they arrive past due. Be forewarned that incoming bills need to be paid well in advance of the due date these days, allowing for the heightened amount of time necessary for delivery. Mail dropped in the blue boxes and in slots in the local post offices goes

By Lois Mittino Gray Routine ‘first meeting of the year’ business was the order of the day at the Monday, January 5, meeting of the Mount Vernon School Board. The Board of School Trustees elected officers for 2026 by unanimous acclamation. Greg Oeth was elected to his second term of office as President. He deftly took up the gavel and conducted the remainder of the meeting which was markedly more polished than when he first was elected back in 2022, calling himself “The Rooki

By Lois Mittino Gray “It just now came across this morning. We just received notification that Mutares SE & Co. just signed an agreement to acquire Saudi Basic Industries Corp., (SABIC) here in Mount Vernon. This will affect the city in a roundabout way and is a major local news event,” Mount Vernon Mayor Steve Loehr announced as the only item of New Business at the January 8, meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Works. Board members asked about the company’s location and wer

Special to the News The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) today announced the signing of two strategic transactions to divest its European Petrochemicals (EP) business to AEQUITA and its Engineering Thermoplastics (ETP) business in the Americas and Europe to MUTARES, for a total combined enterprise value of $950 million. These transactions represent significant steps in the advancement of SABIC’s strategy and constitute a core component of its broader portfolio optim