Five star athletes and a coach will be inducted Friday into the Newark High School Athletic Hall of Fame. James Bline, Greg Guilliams, Leigh Sherman, Eddie McMillian, Maggie Mitchell and Grant Russell will be honored before Friday night’s varsity boys basketball game against Canal Winchester.

With the increase in population in Licking County and a need for restaurants and social spaces, the Newark Arcade is offering a new opportunity filled with history.

Scenes of immigration authorities detaining migrants Thursday have rattled some residents in cities like Newark, Boston and New York City

In a statement, Newark mayor Ras Baraka said ICE agents detained lawful citizens during a raid on a local business, calling it an “egregious act.”

NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — Park National Corp. (PRK) on Monday reported net income of $38.6 million in its fourth quarter. The Newark, Ohio-based bank said it had earnings of $2.37 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $2.36 per share.

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library details the early plans for downtown Newark's first arcade.

Park National Corporation (Park) (NYSE American: PRK) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024. Park's board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.

Par Excellence STEM Academy will host its annual Day of Service Community Breakfast 8-10 a.m. Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, at the Reese Center.

The Newark graduate surpassed 2,000 career points during Thursday’s 84-56 victory against Cedarville. Stare, a fifth-year senior, became the second women’s or men’s player in school history to reach the mark as she previously became the women’s program’s all-time scoring leader earlier this season.

Charles Harold Soder, of Zanesville, formerly of Newark, enlisted at age 15 in the U.S. Army as 18-year-old Frank Charles Fergus. He died in 1918.

Garfield Heights strengthened its hold atop Division III in the cleveland.com boys basketball state rankings with its 69-48 win Sunday against Division I powerhouse Canton McKinley at the Chet Mason Invitational.

Coming off a national championship win over Notre Dame last Monday, the Buckeyes are feeling themselves, but the feeling couldn’t have been any more different nearly two months ago when Ryan Day, the Buckeyes’ often-criticized head coach, was nearly run out of town.