Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library tells the story of Walter Thomas Bosscawan's time ...

The Octagon Earthworks were, until recently, the site of Moundbuilders Country Club. The site became fully accessible to the ...

The program will begin at 11 a.m. and feature speakers, as well as the firing of a rifle salute by the 110th Ohio Volunteer ...

Newark’s public art, like the Gateways to Newark mural, heals community wounds with resilience and creativity in 2025.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington forecasts a total 4-6 inches of rainfall through Sunday from storms that will move ...

As part of the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, Historic Newark in Bloom has made three dates in March and April to pick litter across the town. Together with the canal and river trust, the group will also ...

Study up on education news: Subscribe to The Dispatch's weekly education newsletter Extra Credit Mitch Lerner, an Ohio State history professor and director of its East Asian Studies Center ...

For the first time since 2011, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament returns to Newark. The East Regional Sweet 16 and Elite 8 will take place at the Prudential Center. Games begin with Thursday ...

More than a quarter of the 16- and 17-year-old Newark residents eligible to vote in the city’s historic school board election next month registered to do just that, according to registration ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – While registered sex offenders in Ohio cannot live within 1,000 feet of any school or childcare center, there is currently no law stopping them from living next door to ...

Five of these sites, located in and around Chillicothe, are managed by the National Park Service while sites in Heath, Newark and Oregonia are managed by the Ohio History Connection. The events ...

The Bloods are a street gang that started in Los Angeles in 1972. A 14-year-old Newark boy charged with the fatal shooting of Detective Joseph Azcona earlier this month comes from a family long ...