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NEWARK – Marguerite Kosier will never forget how much the Salvation Army helped her family. Her father died when she was 5 years old, leaving her mother to raise Kosier and her siblings. She worked very hard, but wasn't always…

NEWARK – Maleek Greene wasn’t thrilled when his mother told him he was going to start going to the YES Club in middle school. But that all changed when he met Vee Hottle — her warm welcome helped him feel…

This picture was in The Newark Advocate Sunday, March 22, 2015

NEWARK – Mental Health America of Licking County’s annual Java and Jazz event is getting a reboot this year. The 15th annual event will again feature Custom stage configurations for its live and silent auctions, but will get an exciting…

There are different types of diabetes, and no two people with diabetes are the same. So there isn’t a one-size-fits-all 'diabetes diet' for everyone with diabetes. But we’ve come up with tips that you can use to help you make…

A good nutrition plan can help students maintain or develop a healthy diet while in college. General Tips Enjoy your food and have a healthy relationship with food. Eat breakfast every day - Eat within one hour of waking and…

NEWARK – Madisyn Bryslan opened her art journal to a blank page and picked up a paint brush. The Wilson Middle School sixth-grader carefully wrote, “I am enough,” in large, loopy cursive letters at the top of the page. Madisyn…

Gongwer--Volume #84, Report #41, Article #23--Tuesday, March 3, 2015 House Committee Hearings — Commerce & Labor HB 56: CRIMINAL RECORDS (Schuring, K., Slesnick, S.) To limit the use of criminal records in the hiring and employment practices of public employers.…

  Haylie Schmoll, far right, a Licking Valley senior, shares a message she's sending to a friend with Krista Pruitt, Pathways prevention coordinator, Friday during a Share the Love event held at Newark High School. Students from area schools gathered…