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The Mount Vernon Democrat is a weekly newspaper in Mount Vernon, Indiana.

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Mount Vernon, IN

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+18128384811

Website

http://www.mvdemocrat.com/

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Oversized load coming through....

Libby Steinhart with the basket

Santa is visiting Mount Vernon to visit the children of Posey County. He will be at United Fidelity Bank until noon today

Supporters gather to support #RedforEd outside Mount Vernon Junior High School

An accident on 4th and Mill Street

There is a packed house at Poseyville's Farm Bureau/Cracker Barrel Legislative Forum. Healthcare and education are main topics.

New cells going in to the new jail pod...

MV Drumline & Winter Color Guard

Natalie Gerard's opening dive of the Big 8 meet was the top scoring dive! Diving began at 9 am! Swimming finals start at 1 pm.

The results are in for Posey County l!

St. Mathew students caroling at the coliseum. 12/18/15

For your viewing pleasure...thank you to the students and staff of St. Mathew School for caroling about town.

2015 Fall Sports Wildcat Pride contest

We'd like to thank all of those businesses that participated in the Wildcat Pride contest. Here are some photos the main event. The MVHS Student Athletic Council will select the winner.

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About the Mount Vernon Democrat

The Mount Vernon Democrat was founded in July 1867 by Thomas Collins and was cited as the official organ of the Democratic Party in Posey County. Over the intervening 99 years, the newspaper continued to function with an affiliation with the political organization.

Throughout those 99 years, the history records great feats of getting a newspaper to press and into the hands of readers despite power outages, profit losses, changes in technology and late night election results.

However, on March 12, 1966, 41-year-old Garth Whipple, with “years of newspapering under his belt” and having studied at the University of Tulsa and Missouri, bought the Mount Vernon Democrat. The history states simply: “ … political affiliations were not allowed …” under this new ownership.

That sale to Whipple was the end of the newspaper’s political affiliations.