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FAST FOOD CHAIN PLANNING SECOND LOCATION DOVER DOVER – Taco Bell is planning to build a new restaurant on the city’s north side. It will be next to the North Wooster Avenue Drug Mart with its entrance on Dublin Drive. Mayor Shane Gunnoe says Taco Bell will be on the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County and New Philadelphia Health Departments will be spraying for mosquitoes this week. Spraying will take place from 8 to 11 p.m. Wednesday in Dover and Goshen and York townships. People with respiratory problems should try to remain indoors during those times. Residents can contact […]

Bishop Fenwick won the Lady Pirate Invitational Monday. Twenty teams and 90 girls participated in the event at Zoar Golf Course. A few days earlier on Friday, Garaway (350) won the IVC Preseason tournament at Hickory Flats by a slim margin over Ridgewood (356). The Medalist was Ridgewood’s Brynn Harstine […]

The Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office has identified the two people killed in Tuesday’s train accident as 20-year-old Hannah Smith of Tuscarawas, and 21-year-old Jacob Bierwirth of Dover. The Indian Valley School District Music Boosters have posted a tribute to Hannah Smith on their Facebook page, identifying her as a 2023 […]

A 20-year-old woman from Tuscarawas and a 21-year-old man from the Dover area were killed Tuesday afternoon when they were struck by a train on a trestle over the Tuscarawas River near Zoar. According to Tuscarawas Sheriff Orvis Campbell, the pair had gone hiking, and it appears they got trapped […]

DOVER – City Council has approved restrictions on electric scooter riders after months of debate. Council had little debate on one ordinance that required helmets on riders under 18 and kept electric scooters off high-speed roads among several other regulations. It took longer for members to come to a consensus […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The New Philadelphia School District will go to the ballot again in November asking taxpayers to help build two new school buildings. The Board of Education has approved a 6.2-mill bond issue to appear on the November 4th ballot. That’s different than the 5.9-mill bond issue and […]

DOVER – The safety director for the city of Dover and Buckeye Career Center is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police. Bob Everett was president of the local FOP Tuscora Lodge Number 4 for close to 30 years. Ohio FOP President Jay […]

PLEA DEAL REACHED NEW PHILADELPHIA – A 24-year-old New Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to felonious assault for ramming his pickup truck into his bicycle-riding adversary. In exchange for Quintin Sarver’s plea, prosecutors dropped a more serious attempted murder charge. Sentencing is scheduled for August 26th. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis […]