Newark Police Officers William Gorman and Thomas Roach Jr. served together for a year before Gorman left the force in April 1886 after four years of service. Though Gorman had been a good police ...

“Drunk History” is no longer confined to the streaming archives of Paramount Plus. The template was recently used to tell the story of New Jersey’s often misunderstood, but historically rich, city of ...

The Newark Police Department will reach a milestone in 2025 when it will commemorate 190 years of law enforcement in the city. Though Newark was established in 1802, it took 33 years before the first ...

OPINION The statue of Gen. George Washington standing majestically in a park in downtown Newark is one of the most unique ...

The nearly 75-year-old Anheuser-Busch beer brewery in Newark will close early next year after being sold, the company said.

Local attorney and amateur historian George B. Smythe recorded more accounts of local African Americans than anyone else. In the late 1920s, after retiring from law practice, Smythe wrote his "Early ...

Downtown Newark has been home to four courthouses for Licking County. First, there was a log structure on the north side of the square. In 1816, the second courthouse was built in the center of the ...

In March 1845, Newark-born Edward James Roye sold his business and property in Terre Haute, Indiana. The property he owned in Newark was sold two months later. It is believed that his wife died this ...