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NEW PHILADELPHIA – A 41-year-old Wainwright man shot by sheriff’s deputies on the Fourth of July will spend more than two years in prison for resisting arrest while brandishing a gun. Joseph A. Barnhart pleaded no contest to four charges stemming from the July 4th incident. A plea arrangement had […]

DOVER – Two legal disputes that have gone on for years and together cost the city of Dover more than $1 million in legal expenses are continuing. Dover has been fighting the Dover Chemical Company in court since 2021 and former Mayor Richard Homrighausen since 2022. In both cases, the […]

DOVER – The Schaeffler Group’s footprint in the city continues to grow. Mayor Shane Gunnoe says the company recently purchased 29 more acres of land around the site on the north Dover border where it’s building a manufacturing facility for electric vehicle components. The proposed construction has doubled in size […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Police were involved in a pair of vehicle pursuits Wednesday, both ending with the suspect crashing the car and going to jail. The first one happened just after 2 a.m. when a 36-year-old New Philadelphia man allegedly stole a 2005 Town & Country van from a residence […]

DOVER – The city recognized a longtime employee this week and is saving his spot at the park two months after he passed away. Ken Rose was 62 and working as a crew leader with the Dover Parks Department when he died on Nov. 12. City Council Monday approved a […]

DOVER – Most people in Tuscarawas County can get free help with their taxes through a program offered by the United Way. VITA – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance – is available to individuals with taxable income of $67,000 or less. Program coordinator Jack Dooling says that’s about three-quarters of the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The city’s police chief is part of a statewide missing persons task force. Tessa Pohovey is one of two city police chiefs, the other being Dayton’s Kamran Afzal, on the 22-member Missing Persons Working Group. Gov. Mike DeWine’s office says the group will look for ways to […]

DOVER – It won’t be easy to replace a Hall of Fame football coach with 247 wins in 30 seasons at Dover High School. That isn’t stopping more than two dozen people from trying. Superintendent Karie McCrate says 27 people have applied for the vacant head football coaching job at […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Courthouse will host the Ohio Mock Trial district competition Friday. County offices will remain open, but five court rooms will be reserved for students from six schools looking to advance to regionals in February. Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Adam Wilgus oversees the local […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – School district officials are bringing the community inside their buildings while again asking voters to help fund new ones. The School Board Monday approved putting a 5.9-mill, $72 million bond issue and 1-mill permanent improvement levy on the May ballot. It would raise taxes to build a […]