Pataskala News

Mara Snaranjo dances with 2 1/2-year-old Johannavah Naranjo on Saturday during the YMCA Daddy-Daughter dance at the Pataskala campus of Central Ohio Technical College.

The city in recent years has fallen short in its efforts to secure state and federal grant money to repair Mink Street, but it is not done trying.

Pataskala City Council scheduled two special meetings to listen to the remaining two readings of separate ordinances seeking $750,000 in bonds to partially fund the city's 2012 roadway improvement plan and $1.2 million in bonds for funding water-system improvements.

The following people were indicted last week in Licking County Common Pleas Court in connection with suspected felony offenses: Between Jan.

On Jan. 29 , while at a routine traffic stop, Twinsburg police officers noted a strong smell of burnt marijuana coming from inside the car.

Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District's three-person trustees board voted Tuesday to raise its rates by 3 percent in a 2-1 vote.

Annual memberships cost $25 for adults, $35 for couples and $50 for families. Youngsters younger than the age of 18 can join for free.

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, of which Pataskala is a member, is updating its long-range metropolitan transportation plan, and the current proposal includes two large-scale widening projects within the city limits.

Luis Figueroa Jr., 26, last known address 137 Poplar Ave., pleaded guilty to one count of assault, a second-degree felony.

The little team with no pedigree knocked off the big boys with all those championships.

Andy Burt, of Pataskala, watches his 9-year-old son, Cameron, take a leaping start down a hill while sledding at Sycamore Creek Park in Pickerington on Jan.

The board unanimously approved a motion to issue tax anticipation notes, meaning it would borrow $3.5 million to add at least three classrooms onto Kirkersville Elementary, the smallest of the district's three elementary schools.

A committee tasked with finding a new finance director for the city agreed Jan. 24 to seek a full-time person, if possible, but it also agreed the city's salary offerings could hinder the search.

ABOVE: Cheryl Cain, of Jacksontown, clockwise from left, Vern Johnston, of Buckeye Lake, Mary Anne Johnston, of Buckeye Lake, Brad Weaver, of Heath, Gregg Graham, of Jacksontown, Katrinia Ogershok, of Hebron, and Brian Weaver, of Jacksontown, all who are members of the emerging Central Ohio Astronomical Society, gather Monday night in Jacksontown ... (more)

Following are the 15 members of the Grow Licking County Community Investment Corporation, which is organizing in an effort to attract increased economic development in the county.

A proposal to make the city's sign code more business friendly was unexpectedly diverted from the fast track last week.

If you can't fly south this winter, bring a taste of Gulf Coast sunshine to your table with fresh... Southwest Licking Board of Education members took a gamble Wednesday they hope, in the end, helps about 11 fourth-grade students more than it hurts them educationally.

Members of the council voted 6-0 to waive the required three readings of an ordinance changing the zoning for 7.3 acres on Broad Street from PRO to PCD .

Victims and police show up at a man's house after an app tips them off to the location of a stolen iPad.

PATASKALA, Ohio -- City officials soon will begin the hunt for a new chief financial officer after the resignation of Finance Director Jason Carr at last night's City Council meeting.