Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill shares his thoughts on the new pope, who happens to hail from the Midwest.

Emma Ray covered a distance of 16 feet, 5.25 inches to take runner-up in the long jump for the Newark girls track team on May ...

Newark Advocate faith columnist Mark Katrick reflects back on his time as a tobacco smoker and how he finally traded his pipe in for prayer.

Despite fierce competition, the Watkins Memorial boys track senior turned the trick May 15 during the Licking County League championships at Heath's Swank Field. Apel won the 200- and 400-meter dashes ...

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski talks about the importance of the Keepers Foundation and the Under the Lights camp it hosted on ...

The Heisey Wind Ensemble brings its 40th anniversary season to a close at 7:30 p.m. May 17 with a concert by the HWE Big Band ...

From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., members of the Pataskala American Legion Auxiliary will distribute red poppies in exchange for a ...

Sophomores Brody Rodgers and Brandt Lichtenauer scored five runs out of the top two spots in the order during Licking ...

The Yard at Newark Station begins its fifth season, serving up four nights of league volleyball play weekly and two nights for those not in a league.

Mary Cate Spang singled twice and knocked in six runs May 13, powering the Northridge softball team to a 14-4 victory at No. 5 Grandview Heights, overcoming an early 3-0 deficit with a seven-run ...

Katie Shaffer, a fifth-grade science teacher at Johnstown Intermediate School, says she's living her dream of helping ...

A Licking County judge announced Monday that he plans to announce his verdict at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 16 in the Tuscarawas ...