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Gary Thomas Keesee, 36, was arrested and charged with rape in Licking County, Ohio. He's the son of the pastors of the Faith Life Church in New Albany and Powell.

Mansfield, and other cities within commuting distance of the planned Licking County Intel plant, are preparing for growth after a long period of decline.

Ken Apacki, of Granville, is starting with 24 monitors that will establish a baseline for the air quality before Intel's chip plant and other manufacturers come online.

The tech giant confirmed this week that it is halting early-stage projects on rural land it owns in central Ohio's Licking County, outside of Columbus, and will reserve two of the three sites for farmland.

Leaders in Mansfield have long been working on improvements and development in the city, and now, they say they're prepared to fully reap the benefits of development in Central Ohio.

Reuters cited a report in The Information, an online tech site. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, would take a 20% stake in the new company.

In a statement to ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½, Intel said it remains "fully committed to Ohio and the Silicone Heartland project." The project is estimated to cost around $28 billion.

A Licking County grand jury is considering additional charges against 28-year-old Columbus man Bruce Foster after he was arraigned Thursday on a charge of aggravated murder. Foster is accused of killing two people and injuring four others Tuesday in a shooting at KDC/ONE, a cosmetics production facility in New Albany.

Rebecca Westergaard, 75, was found dead on Christmas Day by Pataskala police at a home on Mink Street.

The amount is less than the $8.5 billion in direct funding President Joe Biden announced in March for the Intel project in New Albany and three other states.