MOUNT VERNON -- Common Pleas Judge Otho Eyster ruled on eight cases on Friday.

MOUNT VERNON -- Mayor Richard Mavis said he is expecting the Ohio Department of Transportation to fund a study that may result in the lowering of the speed limit along a stretch of Gambier Road.

MOUNT VERNON -- The results of a recent study named ENHANCE, a clinical trial of the statin (cholesterol-lowering) drug Vytorin, a combination of Zetia (ezetamide) and Zocor (simvastatin), is causing concern in patients and in the medical community.

The lights are on for all of a second before the first body hits the floor. That's the first clue that "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,"by John Bishop, isn't going to be your garden-variety mystery. Rather, it stands the genre on its head, matching a film noir look with a wildly convoluted plot and then running it all through the style of a fast-paced screwball comedy of the prewar era.

How many smoke detectors do you have in your home? How often do you change the batteries?

MOUNT VERNON -- Not only did the Mount Vernon High School boys basketball team fall in defeat, 58-46, on Friday night, but it was also dealt another tough loss against the Westerville South Wildcats.

CENTERBURG -- Senior guard Todd McKnight exploded for 15 second-half points to lead the Johnstown Johnnies to a 57-44 victory over the host Centerburg Trojans in Mid-Buckeye Conference basketball action on Friday night.

WESTERVILLE -- The Mount Vernon High School girls basketball team couldn't be happier after its 49-33 win against Westerville South Friday night. Mount Vernon lost at home by 25 points to South the first time the schools matched up, so revenge was definitely on the Jackets'minds as they played against the conference's second-best team.