Blacklick News

A 47-year-old commercial truck driver was pronounced dead yesterday after his semi-truck crossed a highway median and opposing traffic lines and then struck an overpass embankment, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

Soroptimist International of Northeast Suburban Franklin County , an organization for professional women, 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the Mifflin Township Administrative Building, 155 Olde Ridenour Road.

NEWARK: Helen Levy, age 90, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2009.

Soroptimist International of Northeast Suburban Franklin County , an organization for professional women, 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the Mifflin Township Administrative Building, 155 Olde Ridenour Road.

Nearly 650 students from Gahanna-Jefferson's elementary and middle schools performed this week at the Port Columbus International Airport.

Some residents are trying to find a new solution to an old problem. They intend to raise money to construct a new community recreation facility or move Dan Smucker's basketball barn, which is on his 16-acre property at 7530 Bevelhymer Road, to an environmentally acceptable location after it has gone through the proper zoning procedures.

Many health-insurance plans could no longer exclude coverage for diabetes or autism under bills that passed the Ohio House yesterday over objections of most Republicans.

Looking for something new and different to bake this holiday season? Try one or more of the 50 cookie recipes we offer in our special tab section.

One man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a crash on the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge.

Neal Hauschild, left, and Jeff Ramm began building their "dream on the water's edge" in 2006.

The driver killed Monday morning in a single-car crash in Gahanna has been identified.

Livingston Avenue drivers occasionally stop for this sign, although it is only for bike-path users nearing the entrance to Blacklick Woods Metro Park.

This queen bee will be used in producing more queens -- if she survives the winter.

Christian Balle, 42, of Marysville; was booked at 12:07 p.m. Tuesday for a probation violation in common pleas court.

The following is a list of Metropolitan Park District of Columbus and Franklin County programs for this week.

New Albany-area voters will select 10 candidates Nov. 3 to serve as their local representatives on New Albany Village Council, the Plain Township board of trustees and the New-Albany-Plain Local school board.

The Reynoldsburg school district's science technology engineering and math program has been implemented in a small way this year and should be ready to expand next school year, according to the project coordinators.

Attorney Rick Ketcham, left, speaks with his client, Brian M. Green Jr., in Franklin County Common Pleas Court after a mistrial was declared.

The following is a list of Metropolitan Park District of Columbus and Franklin County programs for this week.

Jefferson Township is among central Ohio's most rural. Candidates for the job of township trustee want to keep it that way.