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Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas says he's confident he can help bring positive changes to the city during his State of the City address Wednesday.

Thomas announced that he is creating a commission to create a new municipal government. City Council President Andre Wallace says revising the charter is not a new concept, and that it has been on the table for discussion before. Thomas also outlined development in the city, and discussed rebuilding Memorial Field. He says crime is down 42 percent since 2012. Some council members say they weren't convinced by Thomas' address. Thomas says he wants to see the city rise, whether it's during his administration or not. Thomas is currently facing campaign fraud charges.&nbsp;He was not endorsed by his own party for the upcoming election.

Democrats picked former City Police Commissioner Clyde Isley to represent them in the race for Mount Vernon mayor.

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Right now, we are taking a look ahead to the future talking to meteorologist Matt Hammer about the rest of the afternoon and the weekend, always taking a look at weather wise, trying to help everybody plan ahead. Not only for the rest of today, of course, but into the weekend. And I want to head over to the map right now and get going on the future cast a lot to go over here as we go throughout the day today and into the weekend. So from here on out from right now through about six or seven o'clock this evening, we'll have off and on light rain showers around a little bit of a nuisance. Nothing too crazy. No flooding, nothing like that. Rainfall totals are very light, but notice the light shades of green here through about 6 to 7 o'clock this evening on the futurecast. So periods of off and on light rain showers are with us right now and through about 6 to 7 o'clock this evening overnight, mostly cloudy. There can be some areas of patchy fog overnight and into early tomorrow morning. But tomorrow's going to be the better half of the weekend is it perfect? No, but we have clouds with a few breaks of sun. It's a decent day tomorrow with temperatures pretty mild. Well into the mid fifties for a couple of hours early in the afternoon. Tomorrow night, there could be a couple of rain showers around, but there's a better chance into the day on Sunday for periods of moderate rain. The best chance for the more moderate rain on Sunday is actually during the afternoon and into the evening hours on Sunday. So we'll be keeping an eye on that for you throughout the upcoming weekend. Plan on a pretty wet day on Sunday as it's shaping up so far highs today, upper forties to near 50 have the rain gear with you. We have periods of rain showers around right now through the early evening hours and while we don't have really heavy rain around, just keep in mind that any wet leaves on the ground could make things a little bit slick. That would be the only thing to consider really, uh, with this from here on out today, mostly cloudy skies marries a patchy fog again. Overnight. Tonight, lows on either side of around 40 degrees. We know it could be a lot colder during the overnights this time of the year and outside of some early morning patchy fog tomorrow, it's mostly cloudy, some hints or breaks sun during the middle part of the day and temperatures jumping up into the mid FF which is about as mentioned, about 10 degrees above average for this time of the year. I did highlight Sunday for you just so it sticks out. And so you're aware that it is looking like it's going to be a wetter day as of this point, mostly cloudy to partly sunny on Monday, breezy near 50. But then after Monday, it turns a little bit colder for the rest of next week. Highs in the lower to middle forties starting on Tuesday, dry weather, Tuesday through Thursday before more wet weather moves in on Friday.

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Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas holds State of the City address