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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 […]

UHRICHSVILLE – A 66-year-old Uhrichsville man recently got sick from a mosquito-borne disease that hadn’t been seen in Tuscarawas County in four years. County Health Commissioner Katie Seward says it is the first human case of La Crosse virus here since 2021 and likely the first in Ohio this year. […]

STRASBURG – ODOT plans to build a roundabout just north of Strasburg in four years. This will be at the U.S. 250 and State Route 21 intersection. Construction of the project won’t happen until 2029. ODOT District 11 Spokesperson Lauren Borell says $1.5 million from the Ohio Safety Improvement Program […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – That nobody was hurt Monday morning when a car crashed into the usually-busy Starbucks on Blue Bell Drive is a minor miracle. Police say a 75-year-old local woman accidentally put her car in drive instead of reverse and accelerated through the glass front doors and windows of […]

UHRICHSVILLE – Former Mayor Mark Haney has been indicted on four criminal counts after being accused of using city credit cards on personal purchases and improperly receiving reimbursements for meals, mileage and other purchases, according to the state auditor’s office. The charges include felony theft in office, two felony counts […]