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Assailants get jail time for February road rage assault

December 17, 2024

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The two assailants in a February assault will spend time in jail for the attack that authorities described as a road rage incident. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Elizabeth Thomakos Tuesday sentenced Wyatt Shaw, 20, of Gnadenhutten to 60 days in jail and Landon Levengood, 19, […]


Police: Clerk escaped more serious injury in hammer attack

December 12, 2024

DOVER (December 12, 2024) – Police say the gas station clerk who was attacked with a hammer Monday evening fought back and escaped the store to avoid more serious injuries. The suspect, 39-year-old John McNutt, is in the Tuscarawas County Jail on several charges, including attempted murder and felonious assault, […]





U.S. Supreme Court denies Homrighausen’s petition

December 9, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court has denied former Dover Mayor Richard Homrighausen’s petition for an appeal of his criminal conviction for theft in office from 2022. The court announced the decision to deny a petition for a “writ of certiorari” Monday. A jury in November 2022 found Homrighausen […]


Saturday HS Sports

December 8, 2024

High school swimming The New Philadelphia boys won the Dover Invitational with 229 points to runner-up Dover’s 162. Louisville won on the girls side with 311 points followed by St. Clairsville (176) and Dover (106). 24 dover invite team scores 2024 dover invite resultsFirst-place winners for the Quaker boys:Boys 200 […]


Hear from Indian Valley Football Coach Matt Lancaster

December 4, 2024

CANTON – The Indian Valley Braves football team can do something Saturday that no other Tuscarawas County team has ever done – win a state championship on the field. Tuscarawas County schools have won the so-called mythical state titles that decades ago were decided by AP votes and not on […]


Dover adds another incentive to attract new police officers

December 4, 2024

DOVER – The city is adding incentives for new police hires as finding cops becomes increasingly difficult. City Council Monday approved a police recruit sponsorship program that would cover training expenses for new hires, up to $15,000 per recruit. In return, the officer would have to work for Dover for […]


Work is underway at Schaeffler site in Dover

November 26, 2024

DOVER (November 26, 2024) – Officials at the Schaeffler group are not waiting for a groundbreaking ceremony. They have started construction on their $250 million manufacturing facility on the north side of the city. Mayor Shane Gunnoe says the company skipped the ceremonial first shovel photo op and will instead […]