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Coroner IDs body found in New Philadelphia

September 10, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office has identified the body found in a fenced lot on Maple Avenue Northwest in New Philadelphia on Sunday as 36-year-old Bryant Sullivan of Dennison. The cause and manner of death are still pending, but investigator Rachel Fetty says they do not suspect […]


Cities eye teaming up to buy armored SWAT vehicle

September 10, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Dover and New Philadelphia officials want the cities to split the cost of a new $400,000 armored vehicle. New Philadelphia Safety Director Kevin Milligan says the combined Dover-New Philadelphia SWAT team is increasingly finding itself in dangerous situations, with nine officer-involved shootings in the county since 2019 […]





Dead body found in New Philadelphia

September 8, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Investigators are working to identify a dead body found in New Philadelphia Sunday afternoon. A caller notified police around 4:45 p.m. of a possible deceased person near the 1100 block of Maple Avenue NW, in a high brush area. Chief Tessa Pohovey says arriving officers and detectives […]