Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library tells the story of the city's first police marshal ...

The principal duty of the marshal, according to the “History of the Police Department Newark, Ohio, 1835-1950,” was “to keep down the noise, and to prevent animals and intoxicated persons ...

Voters in Johnstown, one of Ohio’s newest cities, will again consider an income tax increase in Tuesday's election, but many could get a tax cut.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation continues its separate review into the death of 18-year-old Christian Thomas in ...

I was arriving as a high school senior after growing up on Long Island in New York, transplanted due a family member getting ...

NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) — Newark City Council passed ... “It’s about giving the police department the tools that they need to make everyone safe so I’m happy that it was adopted.” ...

Counties and municipalities across central Ohio have issues on the November ballot, many seeking tax increases.

NEWARK, Ohio (WSYX) — The Newark City Council is ... officials said individuals have been sleeping in public right-of-ways, but police are not authorized to intervene. The proposed ordinance ...