Johnstown News

Flying J Farm in Johnstown has been named a finalist for a People & Planet Award by green economy organization Green America .

Flying J Farm in Johnstown has been named a finalist for a People & Planet Award by green economy organization Green America .

The levy will raise $2.2 million a year for operating the district and cost homeowners $260 a year per $100,000 of home value, about $3 more than they are paying now.

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The Johnstown Monroe School District will have a renewal levy on the ballot Tuesday for an emergency levy that was passed overwhelmingly by the district in 2009.

Northridge's second Jazz and Ribs on the Square with the Northridge Jazz Ensemble will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday on the Johnstown Square .

A man scheduled to go on trial Tuesday for drug and intimidation charges will have to wait a little longer to have a jury decide his fate.

The Licking County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident where a man reportedly lied to deputies about a gun shot wound he suffered.

A man found shot on was taken to Grant Medical Center late Saturday. Found on the side of State Route 37, a 31-year old man was the victim of a gun shot wound to the chest according to Licking County Sheriff Office Colonel Chad Dennis.

At the Kohl's in Newark, it was essentially a drive-through medication drop-off. Workers at the site for the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day had their hands full with the steady stream of people dropping off bottles of pills and other medications to be disposed.

Michael Brown isn't shy about the fact that music changed his life. A cellist in the Newark-Granville Youth Symphony, Michael started playing when he was in elementary school.

A break-in was attempted on the 100 block of West Poplar Avenue before 8:07 a.m. Monday.

Voters in the Johnstown-Monroe Local School District will see only one issue on the May 7 ballot -- a renewal of the district's emergency levy.

Maddie Lusk had five strikeouts and had three walks. Megan Hatfield had a triple for the Vikings.

The Lakewood Lancer bands will be hosting a Ford Test Drive Fundraiser on May 4. The event will be in the high school parking.