NEWARK, Ohio — A Licking County church opened its doors as an emergency warming shelter for those in need. Deb Dingus is the pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on West Main Street in Newark.

The Newark City Council approved a large apartment building on Main Street, less than a block from a church looking to open housing of its own.

A Newark man will spend 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors and soliciting child pornography from more than 50 boys, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced ...