Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The tenth annual “Unity March” in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will be Monday, Jan. 17. The formal program will be conducted at the Denton Missionary Baptist Church starting at 10:30 a.m. Participants will gather at  8:30 a.m. at the church to begin their march to the downtown courthouse by 9 a.m. Organizers request no bicycles, scooters or skates be used in the march. For more details, see the Jan. 13 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.