Licking County News

Marilyn Ponser, of Newark, practices CPR during a class Feb. 4 at Licking Memorial Hospital.

Licking County Crime Stoppers and Heath police are looking for two suspects accused of using a stolen credit card in a Heath area grocery store.

Guess what? I got another freebie surprise in the mail yesterday, though not as exciting as a Jiffy cookbook: My coupon for free kitty food.

The Etna Township trustees took the unusual step of placing a motion on the floor at the Feb.

An 18-year-old driver involved in a fatal crash outside Utica will be permitted home stays for compliance with his community-based correctional facility program.

The Capital Area Humane Society of Hillard, Ohio, received a grant to make improvements to a rural dog pound.

Rolls-Royce employees are among those individuals potentially impacted by the contract dispute between Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield and doctors employed by Knox Community Hospital; Anthem is the medical insurance carrier for Rolls.

One out of every 20 nursing homes in Ohio has been unable to climb out of the ratings basement, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Millersport Community Theatre presents "The Big Easy Minstrel" at 8 p.m. March 2 and 3 in the Walnut Township District Auditorium, 11850 Lancaster St., Millersport.

Licking County Arson investigators are looking into a fire at a barn on North County Line Road just south of Foundation in Hartford.

The District 17 Integrating Committee of the Ohio Public Works Commission is seeking nominations to fill several township and village seats.

An oil and gas well recently drilled on Loudon Street in northwestern Granville Township is one of three that David R. Hill Inc.

Drillers are eager to tap a vast reservoir of natural gas and oil within shale beneath Ohio, which could employ thousands, but critics say it will also cause pollution.

A Wheelersburg man has been sentenced to six years in prison for the armed robbery of a Newark gas station.

The city of Newark will provide some documents sought by former Service Director Dan Coffman in a sweeping public records request, but Law Director Doug Sassen said not everything must be made available.

Police are investigating a report that a man approached two girls outside a Central Ohio library, asking them about oral sex.

The city partnered with nearby Etna Township, Harrison Township, Licking County and others to undertake a study of the busy Ohio 310 corridor.

Good morning! A snowy one here in Nerk today, but here are a few jazzy deals to brighten your day if snow isn't your thing.

The basement conference room of the Licking County Administration Building was full Tuesday as residents gathered to learn more about a proposed ethane gas pipeline expected to cut through the county.

William Justin Miller pleaded guilty in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kohler Barker, 25.