Licking County 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.

It was business as usual for Utica Village Council during Monday's monthly meeting at Town Hall.

Flying J Farm in Johnstown has been named a finalist for a People & Planet Award by green economy organization Green America .

Licking County commissioners have decided to double the real estate conveyance fee charged on every transfer of property.

Several central Ohio townships are eligible for new road signs through an Ohio Department of Transportation grant program.

Here's a recent filing from an agent trying to solve a March 20 theft in Hebron in Licking County: "An employee from Buckeye Outdoors ... had entered the men's bathroom of the business and noticed an unknown individual's feet and legs dangling from the ceiling.

BLADENSBURG, Ohio - Retail commerce is defined in this Knox County community by Mrs.

The Zanesville Post of the Highway Patrol says it took part in the chase of a stolen vehicle Monday morning that started in New Concord.

Licking County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest in the vandalism of several vehicles in Newark... The Newark Division of Police reports between April 27 and May 2, the suspect broke windshields and windows of several vehicles parked on streets in Newark's north and east ends, ... (more)

In Licking County, 52 percent of voters said "no"; in Knox County, 64 percent of voters turned it down, according to final, unofficial returns from the two county's boards of elections.

It will cost homeowners about $160 a year per $100,000 of valuation. a What now: Levy approval not only allows Lakewood to operate at its current levels, but entitles the district to receive an additional $294,613 in personal property reimbursement from the state that would have been sacrificed had the levy failed.

The Licking County Sheriff's Office was called to remove a student who allegedly assaulted a school van driver on his way home from Eagle Wings Academy in Jacksontown.

Utica village residents narrowly turned down a 2.9-mill, three-year additional levy for paving and street lighting in Tuesday's special election.

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.

In Licking County, 61 percent of voters said no, but in Franklin County, where about 60 percent of the district's students reside, voters overwhelmingly approved it.

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According to a popular business- and technology-news website, the No. 2 sexiest lawyer in America is the city's own Carter Stewart, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.

HEATH, Ohio Police are searching for information that will lead to the arrest of the person responsible for a burglary at a Heath home.

A Licking County man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Blendon Township on Saturday.