Newark News

In 2011, more than $213,000 was awarded in last-dollar grants to 213 students and more than $221,000 was spent on programming throughout the school system.

Eric Mason, right, chats with friends Thursday evening during a preview party in the outdoor portion of his new restaurant, Pappy's Grill, located in the former Skyline location on Hebron Road in Heath.

A Columbus man accused of robbing a Newark drive-through was arrested at basketball courts adjacent to the Licking County jail, where he is incarcerated.

Paul and Lena Mae Weekly, of Newark, stand with their restored 1892 bicycle built for two, which is on display in the lobby of the Licking County Administration Building, 20 S. Second St., Newark.

James E. Richards, 19, was driving north about 8 p.m. when he veered off the right side of the road, said Sgt.

In her first trip to the state track meet, Heath's Katie White was so nervous that it was... Newark Mayor Jeff Hall, left, and Ed Bohren, executive director of the Licking County Family YMCA, discuss improvements at Hollander Pool on Wednesday during a party to celebrate the pool's reopening.

With 4,500 types of trees, Newark's Dawes Arboretum is like a Vegas-style all-you-can-eat buffet... NEWARK- Because of the replacement of a natural gas main running along Country Club Drive in Newark, the Energy Cooperative has announced the closure of Surrey Drive on Friday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Granville Street will be closed between Wright and North 21st streets through Aug.

A Newark man was sentenced to five years in prison for participating in what the prosecution called a large-scale drug operation.

A Newark man was sentenced to four years in prison for making methamphetamine in a one-pot cook at a Heath apartment while children lived nearby.

Granville Township has taken action to prevent possible violations of two agreements in which it paid landowners in exchange for a guarantee their land would stay undeveloped.

The Granville Fellowship and the Carol Strawn Center in Newark, a United Way Partner Agency, have joined forces to provide a new adult day care service.

Residents of Wright Street, next to Newark High School, and Willowood and Beechwood roads, off Granville Road, want less traffic and improved safety on their streets.

A woman injured in a Saturday crash on Laurel Hill Road was treated and released from Licking Memorial Hospital.

Licking County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information about electronics stolen from a Newark apartment.

With 4,500 types of trees, Dawes Arboretum in Licking County is like a Vegas-style all-you-can-eat... Dawes Arboretum director of horticulture Mike Ecker shows how workers have put up wire to keep deer from scraping against trees Wednesday at the arboretum in Newark.

Brenden Rice, 10, wearing World War II Army fatigues, talks to members of the Marine Corps League on Monday after the Memorial Day Parade and Observance in Newark.

To make a donation, call Wade Wetzel, of Woodmen of the World, at 344-6975 or go to the local office at 692 W. Church St., Newark.

Ed Callan pets Spur of the Moment, a Texas Longhorn steer, Thursday at Callan Cattle Co.

FYI: The committee meets on the first and third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the council chambers.