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DOVER – The mayor says the investigation into a police officer’s alleged misconduct is nearly complete more than a month after the potential disciplinary violation. The city announced in a Feb. 11 press release that a city police officer had been removed from duty and placed on leave after an […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The highest vote-getter in November’s New Philadelphia School Board race is resigning after less than two months in office. The agenda for Monday’s New Philadelphia School Board meeting includes the resignation of Andrew Zimmerman, effective February 20th. He was elected to a four-year term in November as […]

One person was killed and 3 people sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision on U.S. Route 250 in southern Stark County Thursday afternoon. *UPDATE FROM OSHP* “The front right seat male passenger in the Toyota RAV4 (Gaspar Cedillo Lopez, 28, New Philadelphia) was pronounced deceased at Aultman hospital as […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Donations are pouring in for New Philadelphia Police K9 Pablo after he was recently diagnosed with a life-threatening genetic disorder that has forced him into early retirement. A GoFundMe account has more than $3,500 in donations toward a $10,000 goal, while separately, supporters are planning a spaghetti […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Prosecutors are not disputing mental health evaluations that concluded the Holmes County mother who drowned her son at Atwood Lake in August was insane at the time. Ruth Miller, 40, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to aggravated murder and other charges stemming from her […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A Sherrodsville man has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated for the eighth time. The Ohio State Highway Patrol New Philadelphia Post reports 54-year-old Roger D. Brown was driving a 2011 Ford Taurus east on state Route 39 in Warren Township on Sunday just before […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The New Philadelphia man accused of grabbing and firing a police officer’s gun has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and two other felonies. Dyllan Riter, 28, was arraigned in Common Pleas Court Monday morning. He has been in the Tuscarawas County Jail since the Jan. 13 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A truck driver initially charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in a fatal 2024 crash on Interstate-77 in Bolvar has pleaded no contest to lesser charges. Antonio Wyley, 60, of Cleveland on Monday reached a plea agreement with prosecutors that reduced the initial third-degree felony charge to a […]

DOVER – Officials believe lightning struck a house on East Third Street overnight, but there was no fire and nobody was hurt. A booming clap of thunder shook the neighborhood around 12:45 a.m., prompting multiple calls to the Dover Fire Department. One was from a two-story house in the 300 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The New Philadelphia man accused of grabbing and firing a police officer’s gun has been indicted for attempted murder and two other felonies. Dyllan Riter, 28, has been in the Tuscarawas County Jail since the Jan. 13 incident with bond set at $300,000. Officials say Riter narrowly […]