school are both located north of the city, in an unincorporated area of the county. South Vermillion Middle School South Vermilion High School The high school was formerly known as Clinton High School before the current school was constructed in 1977. However, the mascot has remained the same, the Wildcat. Post-secondary education is served through Indiana State University, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana in nearby Terre Haute. Public library The town has a lending library, the Clinton Public Library, which is located at 314 South Fourth Street Special events Clinton hosts the annual Little Italy Festival, a four-day Labor Day Weekend celebration of the area's Italian and coal mining heritage. Begun in 1966, the event draws over 75,000 visitors annually, featuring Italian and carnival-style food, grapevine-roofed wine garden, and grape stomping. The festival provides free stage entertainment, flea market and the largest Italian-theme parade in the Midwest. The festival hosts the Indiana Bocce Ball championship, boasts one of the few coal mining museums in the nation, and owns one of fewer than 400 genuine gondolas in the United States. The 2022 Queen of Grapes for the Little Italy Festival is Blythe Heber. The Re and Regina for 2022 are Mr. & Mrs. David and Rae Marietta. Notable people Armando Frigo, second American-born soccer player to ever play in Serie A, Italy's top league. Lawrence J. Giacoletto, known for his work in the field of semiconductor circuit technology. Margaret Gisolo, baseball pioneer, attended high school in Clinton. Charles Edward Jones, astronaut killed in the September 11 attacks. Ken Kercheval, actor, best known for his role on the television series Dallas. Jill Marie Landis, award-winning romance writer. Serial killer Orville Lynn Majors was a licensed practical nurse at the Vermillion County Hospital, now known as Union Hospital, in Spencer, and was convicted in October 1999 of six counts of first-degree murder. Although convicted of killing six, the exact number is unknown and may be as high as 130. He was sentenced to 360 years in prison. Claude Matthews, former Governor of Indiana. Sister Esther Newport, painter, art educator and founder of the Catholic Art Association. Carrie Parker, the first African-American to graduate from any Vermillion County school and most likely in 1897 the first to attend Indiana University. Danny Polo, musician proclaimed by Benny Goodman as "the world's greatest clarinet player." Bobby Sturgeon,