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Phased parking meter rate changes approved by City Council in went into effect Monday, July 3. City Council approved an ordinance that increases the rate 25 cents per hour (total of 50 cents per hour), effective on Monday. The approved ordinance also included a second increase, of 50 cents per hour, effective January 1, 2024 (total of $1.00 per hour). …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — This Fourth of July, the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of State Fire Marshal urges Ohioans to put safety first this Fourth of July. Since 2022, Ohioans can legally discharge 1.4G consumer fireworks in Ohio on certain days throughout the year unless the relevant political subdivision has chosen to ban their use. This July, those days are July 3, 4, and …

One of the most poisonous plants known to man has quietly spread throughout Licking County, as well as the rest of the state. You tend to see it alongside bike paths, near park edges and fields, and in dense colonies near the freeway. This pretty, yet toxic plant, is poison hemlock.According to the USDA Agricultural Research Service, poison hemlock grows throughout …

Another All-American day in Delaware is planned for Tuesday, July 4 as a parade, outdoor concert and fireworks will take place. Byers Auto Group, Meijer and OhioHealth are the main fireworks sponsors. Each renewed pledges – Byers as the Presenting Sponsor, Meijer as the Grand Finale Sponsor, and OhioHealth as the Community Spirit Sponsor – for the July 4 spectacle. …

The Gilbert Reese Family Foundation, Central Ohio Technical College (COTC), The Ohio State University at Newark, and our community sponsors invite the public to join us for a fun-filled evening of music and entertainment. The annual Independence Day Concert and Fireworks celebration is on July 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the shared campus of COTC and Ohio State Newark. Admission …

COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Norton Road just north of Alkire Road in Franklin County.  Troopers say that on June 23, at approximately 10:19 p.m., a bicycle occupied by an unidentified white male was traveling southbound on Norton Road just north of Alkire Road.  A witness at the Shell gas …

DELAWARE, Ohio-State Reps. Beth Lear (R-Galena), and Brian Lorenz (R-Powell), and Sen. Andrew Brenner (R-Delaware) presented an American flag to the Delaware County Library Board of Trustees. The flag commemorates the board’s decision to require each of their meetings to start with reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. “I appreciate Board Member Lori Kipfer for making a motion to start each …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fourteen individuals will be enshrined in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Officials Hall of Fame and 20 individuals will be honored as the Official of the Year in their respective sport Saturday during the OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame induction banquet in Columbus at the Hilton Polaris. The 14 Hall of Fame inductees are being honored for …

The Licking County Health Department was selected as one of the four Central Ohio health departments to receive a $25,000 mosquito control grant, awarded by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Last week, LCHD was visited by the Ohio EPA Director, Anne Vogel, and her team from Ohio EPA, to present the award. Over the past 7 years, Ohio EPA …

The Franklin County Commissioners this morning voted to approve four grants allocating $33,737,156 for rent and utility assistance for struggling Franklin County residents.  The grants are part of $50.6 million in reallocated Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) funding that the county secured from the federal government in recent months, and will be divided among the Homeless Families Foundation, IMPACT Community Action, …