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NEW PHILADELPHIA – Schools Superintendent Amy Wentworth was at a loss following the failure of the district’s income tax issue on Tuesday’s ballot. Issue 1, a 1.5 percent income tax to fund new schools, failed by about 1,200 votes. Wentworth says she is disappointed that once again around 60 percent […]

DENNISON – Trinity Twin City Medical Center will be under new ownership starting this fall. Trinity Health System in a press release announced that it will transfer ownership from CommonSpirit Health to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center later this year. https://trinityhealth.com/commonspirit-health-reaches-agreement-to-transfer-ownership-of-trinity-health-system-to-upmc/?postid=db878b45-786d-4475-bdca-1553c988125d&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign= The transaction also includes Trinity West, Trinity East, […]

DOVER – An accused drug dealer has pleaded guilty to charges related to the overdose death of a teen. Thomas E. Ritchie, 23, of New Philadelphia initially pleaded not guilty in the 2025 death of a 17-year-old New Philadelphia teen and Buckeye Career Center student but changed his plea on […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The city is on track to rezone a long-vacant former industrial site to allow low-income housing there. Pivotal Housing Partners is proposing an $80 million dollar development that includes two four-story buildings for workforce and senior housing with more than 200 apartments in total. Pete Schwiegeraht with […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The case of a missing 15-year-old Tuscarawas County girl found in Wisconsin with a married man highlights the dangers of social media for children. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Captain Detective Adam Fisher says the two first met on a social media platform, and it appears the 24-year-old man […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Authorities found a missing 15-year-old Tuscarawas County girl in Wisconsin hours after she left her home with an older, married man who allegedly met her online and lied about his age. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Captain Detective Adam Fisher says the girl’s mother has brought her home, and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The city’s planning commission and zoning and annexation board are advancing zoning changes that would make way for a large housing development on the 20-acre former Howden-Buffalo property at the corner of South Broadway and Mill Avenue. The proposal calls for two four-story buildings, one with 82 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Walmart on Blue Bell Drive was evacuated for about two hours on Wednesday after a bomb threat was found scrawled in a women’s restroom. Police and a bomb-detection K9 from Canton conducted a sweep of the store and found nothing suspicious. The report came in at 10:10 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Five community leaders will be honored in June as the latest recipients of the Zeisberger Heckewelder awards. For 45 years, this annual Tuscarawas County tradition has recognized exemplary citizens with the award named for the 18th-century missionaries who founded Schoenbrunn Village. This year’s winners are Rita McPeak […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The School District has unveiled a conceptual rendering of what a new single campus could look like if voter approve an income tax increase next week. Issue 1 on the May 5 ballot is a 1.5 percent earned income tax to fund the construction of new schools. […]