Chad Klimack, Reporter Mental Health America of Licking County is expanding its Bridges Out of Poverty program to include Pataskala, starting Sept. 30. Program seeks to help people find jobs, escape poverty PATASKALA — Mental Health America of Licking County’s…
On a steamy evening Tuesday night, during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, nearly 100 people gathered at Rotary Park in Newark for Mental Health America of Licking County’s annual Suicide Prevention 5K Walk and Vigil to honor family members, friends and…
NEWARK — Close to 100 people carrying purple and yellow balloons crossed the overpass over Church Street in Newark on Tuesday evening as the mid-point to the first 5K walk in honor of suicide prevention in Licking County. Walkers had…
Minus: We join the Denison community in its mourning of the loss of Wendell Jackson, 21, a promising and well-liked student who died of suicide Monday. We also take this opportunity to remind all who are suffering from depression or…
NEWARK — Mental Health America of Licking County will hold a 5K walk and candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Rotary Pavilion on Sharon Valley Road. T-shirts will be available for the first 100 people registered for the…
NEWARK – She’s only been the director of YES Club for a couple of days, but Bethanne Leffel-Ployhar has been answering a lot of questions from the teens who attend the after-school program. Some of them are simple, such as…
NEWARK – Shari Johnston and Justina Wade want teenagers to know they are not alone — especially if they are struggling. Johnston, Compeer and Girls in Progress coordinator at Mental Health America of Licking County, and Wade, suicide prevention coordinator…
NEWARK – The New Albany Personal Care and Beauty Campus is working with a customer service recruiter to employ Licking County workers. But those jobs are 20 miles away from downtown Newark and out of reach for those who might…
Mental Health America of Licking County would like to thank Coach Jeff Quackenbush and all of his volunteers for their overwhelming support of the 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament in memory of Lou Mitchell on Saturday, July 18. Coach Quackenbush’s…
NEWARK – Some Newark fifth-graders found themselves surrounded by the tall timbers of the eighth-graders Saturday morning. That was just fine, as far as Andre Crockwell was concerned. His son, Andre, who just turned 12, was playing in the 3-on-3…
