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DOVER – Four new pickleball courts are open to the public after a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday at Dover City Park. Mayor Shane Gunnoe thanked donors and the Reeves Foundation as those $90,000 in donations covered more than half of the roughly $130,000. Gunnoe says that is $80,000 below the estimate. […]

DOVER – The city’s income tax office is putting out one last reminder that all residents with qualifying incomes must file city income taxes this year. Dover Income Tax Administrator Tami McIntyre says filing only takes a couple of minutes at the office at 112 East Fourth Street, behind the […]

DOVER – The city is the recipient of a $1.8 million grant for water infrastructure improvements to accommodate future growth on the city’s north side. The money comes from a U.S. Department of Commerce program aimed at helping create jobs and expand businesses. Dover Mayor Shane Gunnoe says the funds […]

DOVER – The city is making financial arrangements to support a new housing development on the north side of the city. Lawver Homes plans to build about 30 single family homes and about 50 condos on 33 acres along St. Peters Church Road near the Dover Burial Cemetery. This week […]

DOVER – The city’s electric utility recently earned national recognition for keeping the lights on. The American Public Power Association awarded Dover Light and Power its Certificate of Excellence in Reliability for 2025. The award recognizes public utilities that respond quickly to power outages. “This honor highlights the hard work […]

DOVER – City officials are hoping to get $2 million in federal funding so they can extend sanitary sewer lines to residents north of the city limits who rely on aging septic systems. Mayor Shane Gunnoe says Congressman Mike Rulli has recommended the grant. Now the city is waiting to […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A 46-year-old Bolivar man and a 37-year-old New Philadelphia woman are in jail as co-defendants in a grand jury indictment involving the trafficking, prostitution and rape of a 13-year-old. David Harper faces seven felony counts, including rape. Elsie Bihlman faces six felony counts, including trafficking in persons, […]

DOVER – City officials celebrated Autism Acceptance Month on Monday with a Mayoral proclamation and a rousing speech from a Challenger Baseball League representative. First, Mayor Shane Gunnoe welcomed players and parents from Tuscarawas County Challenger Baseball, a league that includes players with special needs of all ages. He read […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A half dozen Tuscarawas County roads that flood every spring are flooding again. Tuscarawas County Engineer Doug Bachman announced six road closures Monday morning because of high water. Those roads are Smokey Lane, Winklepleck and Golf Course roads in Sugarcreek, and Deuber, Sandyville and Somerdale roads in […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A New Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges stemming from an August crash that killed a passenger in the car he was driving while intoxicated. Janesh Cabrera-Vargas, 37,  agreed to the plea deal on Monday, the day before a scheduled jury […]