NEWARK - Mental Health America’s 63rd annual dinner will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hilton. Board of Trustees officers for 2017 will be announced and several awards will be presented, including the Paddy Kutz Community Mental Health…
GRANVILLE - Scott Hayes tries to meet as many community needs through the Look Up Center, which he founded, by providing dental care, a free dinner every Monday evening and a shop with furniture, appliances and other household items and more.…
NEWARK - Mental Health America of Licking County will offer anonymous depression screenings for National Depression Screening Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at its office, 65 Messimer Drive. Clinical depression is a common medical illness affecting more…
September has been quite a month at Mental Health America of Licking County. It’s Mental Health Awareness Month, National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and Recovery Month. We know that one in five – yes, I said one in five –…
NEWARK - Mental Health America of Licking County is accepting nominations for the Paddy Kutz Community Mental Health Award through Oct. 7. The award named for MHA’s longtime executive director honors those individuals and organizations that best represent Kutz’s commitment…
NEWARK - Treven Crothers admits he hasn't always made good choices. The Newark High School 10th-grader has made poor choices at school and at home. He's been to jail. But he's making changes. Graduating is a very important and memorable step…
NEWARK - Todd Feasel was 13 years old when his father died from suicide 30 years ago. He felt hopeless during that time, but he got through it with the love and support from family and his faith. He's now the clinical…
Welcome to the 2016-17 school year – it’s off to a steamy start. Does the start of the new school year fill a child you know with dread and anxiety? Do the academic and social pressures of high school make…
NEWARK - Mental Health of Licking County will hold a walk and candlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for suicide prevention awareness at Flory Park. T-shirts are available to the first 75 registrants. Candles will be lit to honor loved…
MHA Board Member Maura Horgan talks about STEM initiative in Newark City Schools. NEWARK - As the Director of Curriculum and Staff Development for Newark City Schools, Maura Horgan’s job is to listen to what students want to study. And…
