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NEW PHILADELPHIA – The family of a man imprisoned for last year’s violent assault in New Philadelphia is trying to gather support against what they call an excessive sentence. Last week, a jury convicted 35-year-old Christopher Beatty of aggravated burglary and felonious assault. He was sentenced to 10 to 15 […]

NEW PHILADLEPHIA – The 35-year-old Guatemalan immigrant who took a young girl from Georgia to Dover to be his girlfriend will be sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to rape and other charges. Antonio Agustin is scheduled to be sentenced on two counts of rape, one count of gross sexual imposition, […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Strasburg man who engaged Sheriff’s deputies in a 6-hour standoff and allegedly pointed a gun at his 3-year-old daughter’s head has been formally charged with four felonies. James A. Copeland, 45, faces two counts of kidnapping with firearms specifications, violating a protection order and menacing by […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The city is considering expanding its outdoor drinking hours from just special events to seven days a week. City Council approved a downtown Designated Outdoor Drinking Area – or DORA – last year to operate during events. This week, the city’s DORA board and representative Council member […]

NEWCOMERSTOWN – The water is back on, the boil alert is lifted and the water line is repaired. However, Mayor Pat Cadle says there is still a lot of work to do to fix the damage from Thursday’s break in a major water line on Canal Street. Cadle says crews […]

DOVER – City officials have decided to take their case against the Dover Chemical Corporation to the Ohio Supreme Court. Dover Chemical has received favorable rulings in Common Pleas and Appeals courts in its dispute over $1.1-million in punitive electric surcharges the city tried to levy against the company. Tuscarawas […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A pair of recent indictments in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court revealed accusations of sex crimes, one involving a minor and one involving a person with developmental disabilities. The Grand Jury on Feb. 28 indicted 37-year-old Allen J. Kerns of Newcomerstown on five felony counts, including two […]

SHERRODSVILLE – local volunteers have been sending campers to North Carolina to house people who are still homeless months after storms and floods devastated the area. Glenn Norris of Sherrodsville is leading the effort to help North Carolinians still reeling from the disasters that destroyed towns this past fall. He […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Board of Elections has a new director and board chairman. At its biennial organizational meeting Thursday, the board opted for new leadership, replacing Democrat Gail Garbrandt as director with Republic Brian Swartzwelder, previously the deputy director. The Board also tabbed Democrat Mark Waltz as […]