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COLUMBUS – Legislation is moving through the halls of the Statehouse to name a portion of I-70 in Licking County in honor of six Tusky Valley community members killed in a 2023 bus crash. The State House recently approved the bill that would designate I-70 in Etna township as the […]

AKRON – An 18-year-old Akron man arrested by U.S. Marshalls in New Philadelphia a week ago has been charged with murder in connection to a shooting that took place at an Airbnb rental house in Bath Township on Nov. 2. In addition, a 16-year-old also located at the Ray Avenue […]

DOVER – The Tuscarawas County Health Department has found elevated levels of communicable diseases in Dover wastewater as cold and flu season approaches. Dover Mayor Shane Gunnoe is reassuring residents that that has nothing to do with the city’s drinking water. “Our drinking water remains safe and clean and is […]

DOVER – The State Highway Patrol continues to investigate a fatal van vs. pedestrian crash that happened on North Wooster Avenue in Dover Monday just after 6 p.m. Sgt. Clinton Armstrong says it appears the victim, 69-year-old Kathy Fruchey of Dover, was in the northbound lane when she was struck […]

DOVER – School district officials are considering three possibilities for updating district facilities, with the most transformative option being a new pre-kindergarten through eighth grade building to replace four existing buildings. Superintendent Karie McCrate says the School Board will likely vote on one of the proposals early next year with […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A jury has found a Uhrichsville man guilty of attempted aggravated murder and six other felonies in the stalking and shooting of his ex-girlfriend. The 12-person jury deliberated for just over an hour Wednesday afternoon before issuing a guilty verdict against 44-year-old Carl Reynolds on felony counts […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The man accused of attempting to murder a Dover gas station clerk with a hammer last year has been ruled competent to stand trial. He will next undergo a sanity evaluation. John McNutt, 40, back in January pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, felonious assault and aggravated […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A Mineral City man was killed after the motorcycle he was driving struck a tree that had fallen across the roadway. The New Philadelphia Highway Patrol Post says the accident happened just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday on County Road 66 in Union Township. The Post reports […]

NEW PHILADLEPHIA – A 21-year-old Canton man is the Tuscarawas County Jail after police say he stole a tow truck and got it stuck in a New Philadelphia cul-de-sac. Hunter Mast is being held on $10,000 bail on charges of felony grand theft of a motor vehicle, OVI and obstructing […]

DOVER – It’s not uncommon to see 86-year-old Keith Van Epps hustling around the track at Crater Stadium on a warm afternoon. The former Dover doctor says regular exercise has been a key to living with Parkinson’s disease for 11 years. Van Epps, his father and his identical twin brother […]