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For the Simons, showing animals at the Hartford Fair is a family affair rooted in love for each other and farming

For the Simons, showing animals at the Hartford Fair is a family affair rooted in love for each other and farming - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio Signing up to show farm animals at the Hartford Fair leads to a predictable schedule of events: The condensed list is to feed and water the calves and pigs kept […]

Cost-cutting to address firefighter overtime leaves Newark down one engine. Engine 5 on the northwest side will be out of service when staffing drops below 16 firefighters on a shift, but the city will add a medic during those times

Cost-cutting to address firefighter overtime leaves Newark down one engine - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio The Newark Fire Department will be down an engine on the northwest side starting Friday, Aug. 14, during shifts when staffing falls below 17 firefighters and paramedics, but it will […]

Hartford Fair competition reels in youthful fishers who hook bluegills, catfish and an occasional turtle. The event sponsored by Licking County Soil and Water Conservation District teaches patience and the art of baiting a hook with a wiggling worm

Hartford Fair competition reels in youthful fishers who hook bluegills, catfish and an occasional turtle - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio When Jett Hancock wasn’t showing his pig and rabbit at the Hartford Fair, he was hauling bluegills – and a turtle – out of a pond on the fairgrounds on […]

Fair photos! Take a look at all that goes into showing animals at the Hartford Fair. Here's another behind-the-scenes look into the lives of young people showing their animals at the fair, which runs through Aug. 15

Fair photos! Take a look at all that goes into showing animals at the Hartford Fair - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio | Read more: Show time! Slideshow of Hartford Fair gives view of farm animals looking their best Jessica Phelps is a Columbus-based freelance photographer covering the Hartford Fair for TheReportingProject.org, the nonprofit […]

Boys & Girls Club members explore Newark during 'Day Downtown.' The annual event brought 101 young people to The Midland Theatre, The Works and the Canal Market District for a day of activities celebrating the end of summer

Boys & Girls Club members explore Newark during Day Downtown - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio More than 100 Boys & Girls Club members traded their usual summer routine for a movie, science activities and a downtown cookout one day this month as local organizations came […]

Antique Tractor Pull at the Hartford Fair is a family affair for the Torrens’ of Utica. Among the Torrens family of tractor drivers is 12-year-old Dennis, who left his folks beaming with pride as he drove a 79-year-old tractor toward the goal

Antique Tractor Pull at the Hartford Fair is a family affair for the Torrens’ of Utica - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio As 12-year-old Dennis Torrens gently pushed the throttle of his 1947 Farmall M, his mom stood nearby snapping photos and flashing a big smile. “He pulled 227.31 feet – just […]

Severe thunderstorm warning: More rounds of damaging weather knock out power to thousands of AEP customers. Weather service says the line of storms that hit Licking County at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 11 could cause considerable damage and flooding

Severe thunderstorm warning: More rounds of damaging weather knock out power to 1.5 million AEP customers - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio Another line in a parade of severe weather marching across the Midwest this week hit hard in Licking County again Tuesday morning, and another is on the way. Thousands more […]

Storm-toppled tree slices into young woman’s bedroom in Newark seconds after she left it

Storm-toppled tree slices into young woman’s bedroom in Newark seconds after she left it - The Reporting Project - Covering Licking County, Ohio Thirty seconds after Sarah Steinhardt left her bedroom late Monday morning, her parents’ house on Hudson Avenue shook violently. It was storming in Newark at the time – strong winds […]