Delaware County News

A Delaware man who had been indicted on charges of rape and gross sexual imposition against a child fatally shot himself Friday after officers arrived to arrest him, officials said.

A Delaware County woman was killed Wednesday night when her car struck a guardrail and overturned, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

DELAWARE, Ohioa 'Delaware authorities say deputies heard gunshots at a home where they were attempting to serve a warrant.

Union County voters will have several issues to decide upon when they take to the polls on May 4. Aside from county-wide candidates for county auditor and Central Committee, six different local issues have been filed with the Union County Board of Elections.

The May 4 Republican primary race for the Delaware County commissioner seat has lost one candidate and gained another.

A 31-year-old woman has died after her vehicle overturned on Panhandle Road in Delaware County.

NEWARK -- The Licking County unemployment rate shot up again in January, reaching a 27-year high of 11.1 percent, representing 9,200 Licking countians without work.

The glimmers of hope for economic recovery haven't reached unemployment rates in Dayton and Montgomery County which both shot up in January, according to data released on Wednesday, March 10, by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

At the Montgomery County Republican Party Lincoln Reagan Day Dinner on Saturday, March 13, Chairman Greg Gantt tried to defuse the tension over whether he had endorsed one of two GOP statewide candidates.

"Positive signs" suggest the economy is improving in Delaware County, but county commission president Tommy Thompson is looking at increasing revenues with a "cautious" eye.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:04 PM WCLT News Staff Licking County's unemployment jumped again in January hitting a 27-year high.

COSHOCTON -- The Coshocton County unemployment rate shot up again in January, reaching 15 percent, representing 2,600 Coshocton countians without work.

The jobless rate for Portage County jumped 1.3 percentage points to 12 percent in January from December's 10.7 percent rate, according to state numbers released Wednesday.

More than 5,000 Central Ohioans joined the ranks of the unemployed who were looking for a job in January, pushing the seven-county region's jobless rate to its highest level in more than a quarter-century, according to new data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio The Delaware County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in the robbery that occurred Monday at the CVS Pharmacy located at 3488 Seldom Seen Road.

Deputies and K-9s are looking for a robbery suspect in Delaware County Monday. NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS from the Delaware County sheriff's office.

The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is investigating a robbery on Monday in which the suspect made off with prescription drugs.

Delaware County sheriff's deputies said Monday that they arrested 26 people, including nine juveniles, at a party where teenagers were allegedly drinking alcohol.

Plans to build a resort hotel at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium took a step forward March 1. Delaware County commissioners unanimously agreed to pay as much as $24,000 toward the cost of a study that would estimate the economic impact of a hotel on the area.

Central Ohio Joint Fire District firefighters were able to confine a fire to the kitchen of a home in Centerburg on Thursday evening.