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.

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

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.

Former Newark police officer William Gorman's sister, Mary, testified at his murder trial in the city's first line-of-duty death that he was a drunk.

Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for an 18-year-old in connection with a Newark rape charge. Court documents say that Chandler Green, of Newark, allegedly raped a person between Nov. 9 and Nov. 11. Green is described as a 5 foot 11 inches tall Caucasian man, weighing around 210 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

The Licking County Emergency Warming Center Task Force has announced the opening of a warming center to provide shelter for individuals seeking refuge from the

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.

Blair product Shayne Van Ness, ranked No. 4 at 149, returns to New Jersey. The Nittany Lions feature three national champions in 174-pounder Levi Haines; Carter Starocci, a four-time winner, at 184; and heavyweight Greg Kerkvliet and finalists Beau Bartlett (141) and Mitchell Messinbrink (165).

About 500 Big Lots stores are planned to close, including 23 more in Ohio. Here's a look at the latest on the Columbus-based retailer's bankruptcy.

Georgia and Miami are the top two teams among the 10 finalists named by four-star Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna running back Derrek Cooper.

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A Licking County church opened its doors as an emergency warming shelter for those in need. Deb Dingus is the pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on West Main Street in Newark. She said about 50 people are currently staying at the church,