A Celina businesswoman faces 24 counts of theft by deception alleging she accepted nearly $52,000 from customers but never delivered the cemetery monuments or grave markers they ordered.

Mary Jo Pearson, 65, owner and operator of Pearson Memorials of rural Celina, is scheduled to make an initial appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court at 2 p.m. Oct. 10. The time and date are included in a summons authorities served earlier this week. [More]

ST. HENRY - Work on the Cooper Avenue reconstruction project is progressing, as Tom's Construction of St. Henry began demolition work on the north side of the road this week.

Cooper Avenue - the only road to Cooper Farms Processing - is being extended 800 feet and resurfaced. [More]

VERSAILLES - Volleyball isn't exactly a game of numbers, but the Marion Local Flyers can now proudly lay claim to being two for two against number ones.

In the most anticipated local volleyball match in a long time, the Flyers defeated Versailles, the state's number-one ranked team in Division III, in four games Thursday at Tiger Gymnasium, 25-21, 19-25, 25-16, and 25-21. [More]