Alexis Fitzsimmons, who has led the local economic development organization since July 2021, is leaving the position, ...

High school football teams across Licking County continue their preparations for the 2025 season with their first of two allotted scrimmages this weekend. Newark at Watkins Memorial, 9 a.m. Sheridan ...

Pataskala Street Fair, the largest and most well-loved community event in the city that draws 30,000 to 40,000 people from ...

The Hartford Independent Fair is back for its 167th year Aug. 3-9, 2025, in Licking County. Here's what you need to know ...

Central Ohio students return to school throughout August, with start dates varying by district and grade level. Many ...

Lori Crock, a freshman at Watkins Memorial, and Addison Burgett, an eighth-grader at Granville, helped Columbus United SC win ...

“All we can do is move forward — move forward with improvements we had planned, work with new prospects and cross our fingers ...

Intel was originally supposed to start production on the plants this year. The facilities are expected to bring 3,000 jobs to ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout shares more about Edward James Roye, an African American Newark resident who ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout shares more about Edward James Roye, an African American Newark resident who ...

A Newark man accused of shooting a Mount Vernon man to death at a Buckeye Lake bar returned to Licking County on July 15 to face a murder charge.

LICKING COUNTY, Ohio — A Heath man was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for child sex abuse crimes. According to acting United States Attorney Kelly North, 27-year-old David Hamilton ...