Pataskala News

I heard a rumor that a dad killed his own wife, kid, and then his own self. He went to Licking Heights Local Schools from what i heard.

Pataskala is trying to complete an agreement with Newark and Harrison Township for a joint economic-development district before year's end.

Authorities remain on the scene of a murder-suicide with three victims, including a 9-year-old boy.

PATASKALA -- What do Pataskala residents want from their city? Do they want clear roads in the winter? Pothole-free streets? Mowed rights of way? Or lower tax bills? And can they have it both ways? Voters Nov.

A 46-year-old man reportedly shot and killed his wife and 9-year-old son before turning the gun on himself at their home in Pataskala early Thursday, police said.

The scene of the shootings. Pataskala police are investigating the deaths of three people in a home on Havens Corner Road.

PATASKALA -- The city council in 2010 will look a lot like it did in 2009. Voters on Tuesday re-elected incumbents Merissa McKinstry and Bernard Brush.

PATASKALA - A mix of the old and the new will take office in January in some of western Licking County's fastest-growing townships.

PATASKALA -- Levies passed for Licking Heights Local Schools, the West Licking Fire Renewal and Harrison Township Roads, but the Pataskala Public Library lost its bid to pass its 0.49-mill issue.

Education levies, traffic-monitoring cameras, casinos and livestock oversight are among the big issues that will be decided Tuesday by Ohio voters.

PATASKALA - The city is going to have to hold off on collecting tax money from workers building a new road through the city's Job Ready Site.

PATASKALA -- Part of a commercial tractor-trailer caught fire, blocking Interstate 70 for about an hour Sunday evening.

A funeral service celebrating the life of Glen P. Tuggle, 87, of Pataskala, will be held Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Hoskinson Funeral Home, Kirkersville.

Pataskala Elementary School likely will have two new classrooms by the end of winter break, school officials say.

NEWARK - A Pataskala man who authorities say pulled a gun on a stripper after she refused to do more than dance was charged with extortion Thursday by a Licking County grand jury.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:05 PM WCLT News Staff A Pataskala man who led a multi-million dollar drug ring was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday.

PATASKALA-- The Pataskala Division of Police has found a green 2003 Yamaha Kodiak 450 4x4 ATV.

PATASKALA -- Area residents will have a lot to consider when they go to the polls Nov.

The leader of an operation federal authorities said smuggled more than $100 million worth of marijuana to Ohio has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

PERRY TOWNSHIP -- A 14-year-old Pataskala teen was injured Sunday in a motocross crash, according to the Licking County 911 Center.