Pataskala News

The sound of the cash register ringing was music to Nick Kirk's ear. The 29-year-old owner of Bugzy's bar had spent the better part of a year refurbishing the Newark nightspot, and the place was hopping on the first Saturday of May.

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She was born on Aug. 7, 1921, in Parkersburg, W.Va., and was the daughter of the late French E. and Gladys D. Appleton Calhoun.

The Dairy Hut in Pataskala recently debuted a conservation-themed improvement, courtesy of local students.

Firefighters contained a house fire in the 14000 block of Broad Street in Licking County.

Drunken drivers beware. The State Highway Patrol and Pataskala Police Department are setting up a checkpoint tonight in the Licking County village.

Olverson, who is the kindergarten-12 curriculum and instruction director at Licking Heights Local Schools in Pataskala, Ohio, signed a contract on April 18 to become Finneytown's superintendent.

Designed to cater to the needs of the modern home buyers, the Naples single-family model features four bedrooms with a loft and 2.5 baths.

PATASKALA - Rusty's Wharf might not be anywhere near the ocean. But owner Lisa Houck has done everything she can to make customers feel like they're spending time on the docks.

Students at Watkins Memorial High School cannot recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the morning because there are no U.S. flags in their classrooms to turn and face.

Police arrested and quickly freed a 21-year-old Pataskala man late Monday after at least one commuter reported seeing him walking down Broad Street with a gun in his hand.

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.

Vernal "Doc" Darst, of Pataskala, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary April 18.

ASHVILLE, Ohio - Hordes of Vikings have descended on Pickaway County. But unlike the bands of howling marauders who terrorized northern Europe in the 10th century, these Vikings are a peaceful lot intent on providing a little education and a lot of entertainment.

SpeedFC President Jeff Zisk said the expansion in Central Ohio will improve the value of the company's e-commerce fulfillment services.

The Licking County Humane Society received 399 complaints and confiscated 92 pets in 2012, according to numbers released by the organization this week.

Prescription drug abuse remains a problem in Pataskala and elsewhere, and for that reason the Pataskala Police Department on Saturday will conduct a prescription drug take-back event.

Mike Waller has worked for the township's road department for 30 years, the past 20 as road superintendent, and in that time, he has watched the township add more roads.

Nine retirements and the transfer of 18 employees from one position to another has aided the Southwest Licking School District's effort to trim $2 million from spending over the next two years without laying off personnel.

Murder charges against a 16-year-old Columbus boy, who is accused of helping an acquaintance break into a Pataskala barn where a man was shot and killed last fall, were dropped last week in Licking County.