Utica News

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.

NEWARK -- Northridge High School student Kyli Fleshman spent her day off school in face paint and a neck brace while about 400 people watched firefighters pull her from a mangled school bus in a mock train-bus crash.

The following was sent in by Newton Elementary School: Last week at Newton Elementary, the PTO challenged students to bring in canned food items for the Utica Food Pantry.

Will Carlson, 13, of Lewis Center, is serious about finding the best apples at Legend Hills Orchard in Utica, Ohio.

NEWARK -- Columbia Gas of Ohio will transfer about 3,500 rural customers, including 180 in Licking County, to Consumers Gas Cooperative on Nov.

The North Fork Local School District has seven candidates running for three school board seats.

North Fork Elementary third-graders have been preparing for the Ohio Achievement Tests, which will be given to the students today.

A local family, the Frazees, endured a tragic loss late this summer. In order to help this family, a benefit dinner has been organized.

Thursday, October 1, 2009 7:58 PM Glenn Forbes The Licking County Sheriff's office has confirmed that a shooting took place in Utica Thursday night.