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Business

  • Former Integra branch will close

    The Mount Vernon branch is one of 18 former Integra Bank branches, now Old National Bank, that will be closing Dec. 19.
    Each branch, including Mount Vernon’s, will be consolidated into an existing Old National facility. In Mount Vernon’s case, the former Integra branch, at the corner of Fourth and College streets, will combine with the Old National one block away, at the corner of Fouth and Main.
    Earlier this summer, Old National announced that it had acquired Integra Bank. The FDIC shut down Integra and put the bank up for bids.

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  • ATI recognized for safety record

    ATI, Inc. is leading the way for Hoosier workplace safety and health having established a three-year average occupational injury and illness rate more than 60 percent below the national average for their industry.
    As a result of ATI’s commitment to a safe and healthy workplace, the Indiana Department of Labor welcomed the company into the Indiana Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program Thursday, Sept. 8.

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  • Financial Peace University offered at two Mount Vernon churches


    A Financial Peace University course will be held in Mount Vernon beginning in September.
    FPU is a 13-week course taught by Dave Ramsey on DVD. FPU teaches families and individuals common-sense principles like how to make a plan with their money so they are able to free themselves of debt and build lasting wealth.

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  • Mount Vernon graduate scores Dow AgroScience internship

    Kenny Schilling, a 2008 graduate of Mount Vernon High School, has been awarded a summer internship with Dow AgroSciences. Schilling is a junior studying agribusiness economics at Murray State University.
    Schilling is among a select group of nearly 40 interns picked from a nationwide search of undergraduate candidates. To be considered, applicants were required to be of sophomore status or higher and pursuing a degree in agricultural science or business with a 3.0 minimum grade point average.

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  • Bodyworks graduates three

    Three Mount Vernon residents graduated on June 23 from Bodyworks Massage Institute’s 700-hour professional massage therapy program in Evansville.
    Jamie Hulsey, Lois Jackson and Birgitt King will take the national exam for therapeutic massage and bodywork and will apply for state licensure to practice massage therapy.

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  • Peebles to become Goody's

    A store located in Mount Vernon is changing its name and offering an expanded selection of products.
    Peebles, located at the Southwind Plaza off Indiana 66, will open as Goody's during a grand opening ceremony on May 18 at 8:45 a.m.
    Once the store converts to Goody's, it will begin selling an expanded assortement of junior's and men's apparel — along with the selection Peebles has been selling.

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  • Cargill recognized for United Way giving

    Employees at the Cargill plant in Mount Vernon were notified that they received Cargill’s 2010-2011 United Way Champion’s Award. This award recognizes Cargill locations that demonstrated outstanding campaigns and serve as a best practice.

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  • Agrium donates to Red Cross

    Agrium terminal manager Jerrod Prather, left, presents an automatic external defibrillator to Walt Brunton, director of the Posey County Chapter of the Red Cross. Agrium donated the equipment to the Red Cross which will be used for AED training and to be taken around to first Aid stations during events.

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  • Games promoted to VP of Power Supply

    Ron Jochum, Vectren’s long-time vice president of power supply, recently announced he will retire April 1, 2011, after nearly 18 years of service with the company. Today, Wayne Games, the company’s current director of its A.B. Brown generation plant in Posey County, Ind., was named Jochum’s successor.

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  • More oil for Countrymark

    With reinstated efforts to drill for oil, Mount Vernon's CountryMark Co-op has struck oil in a newly discovered field in Terre Haute, Ind., which means more oil for its refinery in Mount Vernon.

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