Pataskala News

NEWARK - Toxicology tests proved heroin was responsible for the death of a Reynoldsburg man, leading to the homicide indictment released today against the man who allegedly injected him.

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PATASKALA - A Pataskala man was tied up and beaten in an apparent drug robbery at his home on Mink Street early this morning, according to Pataskala Police.

After much thought and family discussion, I have decided to run for mayor of the city of Pataskala.

PATASKALA - Police on Thursday rounded up about a dozen people who had not paid their fines or who had refused to show up for Pataskala Mayor's Court.

PATASKALA -- A woman was taken to a Columbus hospital with minor injuries Tuesday after a two-car crash.

A man was killed and another was injured in a two-car crash Monday afternoon. The collision at the intersection of Jug Street Road and Beech Road resulted in the death of Gary Wallace II, 43, of Sunbury, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Brad Schneider has been a consistent top-20 finisher in the Granville Firecracker Five footrace and the Granville Turkey Trot in recent years.

Friday, July 3, 2009 9:54 AM Leslie Gaber, WCLT News Intern A nonprofit group in Pataskala hopes to raise enough money to continue its renovation of the Town Hall.

A nonprofit group continues to work to restore Pataskala's aging Town Hall. "We have got a core group of people who are working to restore it," said Pataskala attorney Connie Klema, a member of the group.

PATASKALA -- Residents might not realize it, but Pataskala has an old opera house, said a local author who thinks it is worth preserving.

ETNA -- An appeals court has upheld a decision by the Etna Township Board of Zoning Appeals denying a proposed access road to the Pataskala Banking Co.'s branch on Ohio 310.

Pataskala officials are warning that the city could be reduced to a part-time police department if voters don't approve additional funding this year.

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NEWARK -- Three area students will receive $1,000 scholarships from Fiberglas Federal Credit Union.

PATASKALA - Longtime Licking Heights High School Principal Steve Hackett is leaving the district to take a job elsewhere.

NEWARK - Bond was set at $1 million for a Licking County man accused of plotting to kill his estranged wife and himself.

COLUMBUS - A 4-year-old boy is in poor condition at a Columbus hospital the morning after an ATV crash in Pataskala, a Children's Hospital spokeswoman said.

PATASKALA - The city now has a revitalization plan, but officials want to gather more public input on it.

JERSEY TOWNSHIP -- A Pataskala man was taken to a Columbus hospital after he apparently lost control of his motorcycle coming around a bend in the road, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.