Licking County Top Stories

  • A scene from the 2012 Dark Star Jubilee weekend at Legend Valley campground near Thornville in Licking County.

    Video: Dark Star Jubilee at Legend Valley

    The Beat visits Legend Valley in Thornville (Licking County) to preview the Dark Star Jubilee this weekend. The annual tribute to the Grateful Dead includes the Mickey Hart Band, Donna Jean Godchaux Band, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Wailers, Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett of Little Feat and New Orleans Suspects.

  • Pataskala

    The Mead-Needham Museum at 330 S. Main St. in Pataskala will open for the first time during the city's Memorial Day activities Monday, May 27. The museum will have a display of military memorabilia.

    Museum's grand opening will be among Memorial Day activities

    Pataskala's Memorial Day celebration begins at 11 a.m. Monday, May, 27, at the local cemetery and concludes at the Mead-Needham Museum, which will celebrate its grand opening.

  • By CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKNEWS
    Nate Gall plants bushes in Opera House Park on May 16 at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in downtown Granville.

    Spring planting

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Sports

  • Softball: Division II district final

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    DeSales' Catie Woods (left) and Kristine Byrum can't hide their disappointment following the Stallions' 4-2 loss to Licking Valley in a Division II district championship game May 25 at Pickerington Central.

    DeSales falls to Licking Valley in district final

    Sophomore catcher Kori Caughenbaugh had a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift the Licking Valley High School softball team to a 4-2 win over DeSales in a Division II district final May 25 at Pickerington Central.

  • Licking Heights Roundup

    Baseball team falls to Bexley

    One of the best seasons in the history of the Licking Heights High School baseball team came to an end May 16 when the Hornets lost 7-1 at second-seeded Bexley in the second round of the Division II district tournament.

  • Watkins Memorial Roundup

    Track teams eye postseason

    The Watkins Memorial High School track and field teams are beginning to prepare for the league and postseason meets.

  • Licking Heights Roundup

    Baseball team eager to face Bexley

    The Licking Heights High School baseball team is hoping to reverse a recent trend.

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Arts.Food.Fun

  • By Submitted photo
    Radical Dads

    Fischer's Fab Five

    Dark Star Jubilee (including on-site video at Legend Valley Campgound), Alkaline Trio and more in the latest Fab Five.

  • Table Talk

    By CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKNEWS
    The Plate at 29 S. High St. in New Albany offers "modern, healthy american comfort food," including seven signature pizzas such as the Margherita pizza. Executive chef Phillip Gulis said the Plate's mission is chef-driven, locally sourced, handmade dishes.

    New Albany restaurant’s populist pursuits include pizza

    The Plate specializes in simple, farm-to-fork cuisine.

  • By Submitted photo
    Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk

    'Little adventures' inspire Mann, eclectic band

    You make the decision to do music full time, like Lauren Mann did in 2008, and you're going to have to hit the road.

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