Utica News

December Bonus Days are back for Newton Elementary School's Market Day. Newton PTO earns extra profit from purchases of Cookie Creations, which are 10 cookie-dough varieties that take only 10 minutes to bake and are in easy, pre-measured portions.

A situation where minors had easy access to weapons led to tragic results Sunday when a Heath High School student was fatally shot by a friend, a freshman at Utica High School.

UTICA -- The North Fork Board of Education will try its income tax renewal levy again in a special February election after approving a resolution Monday evening.

NEWARK -- A Utica High School freshman admitted Monday to accidentally shooting a friend in the face with a 20-gauge shotgun, killing him.

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Keener, of Newark, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary Oct.

When setting a trap, some use cheese. The Licking County Sheriff's Office uses an all-terrain vehicle.

One year after Utica resident Lynette Ricketts was murdered by her ex-husband, Lynette's mother, Nancy Jones, said the healing her family needs is beginning slowly.

The Newark-Granville Youth Symphony Orchestra will open its fifth season Sunday.

Anita McNabb, of Newark, and Tom Evans, of Utica, announce the engagement of their daughter, Brandi L. Evans, to James D. Underwood, son of Kim Sykes, of Fallsburg.

The Licking Heights school district's request for a 1.99-mill permanent improvement levy passed yesterday solely due to voters in Franklin County.

UTICA, Ohio a ' State Route 13 in Licking County was closed for a few hours Sunday due to a single-vehicle accident.

Sunday, November 1, 2009 12:33 PM Eric Brown The State patrol investigating an injury accident that happened on State Route 3 near Ginger Hill Road Sunday.

With three individual qualifiers, Licking Heights High School cross country coach Sue Ketcham was as busy as she's ever been preparing for last Saturday's Division II girls and boys regional meets.

NEWARK - A Utica man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting a man on fire, a term he will serve after he completes 15 years for the death of a Florida man.

NEWARK - Joseph E. Higginbotham isn't squeamish about needles. The 86-year-old Newark man has donated more than 65 gallons of blood to the American Red Cross in his lifetime.

JACOB D. MUELLER Army Pvt. Jacob D. Mueller graduated Aug. 28 from U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Center, Fort Jackson, S.C. He is beginning his AIT at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Texas.

Many national and local food and food-service companies are tying their products into a bright pink bow this month for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

MARTINSBURG - A 5-year-old Utica-area Amish girl was in critical condition Tuesday evening after the buggy she was riding in was involved in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Knox County.

An 8-year-old Amish girl was seriously injured when the buggy she was riding in was hit by a truck on U.S. 62 this morning.

A benefit spaghetti dinner will be from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Utica Fire Department, 22 Spring St.