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NEW PHILADELPHIA – Crews are adding a gazebo to the downtown square this week. Service Director Ron McAbier has been anticipating its arrival as part of the $3 million beautification project in the center of city. His wait is over as crews began erecting the gazebo Wednesday. McAbier says motorists […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The costs to participate in and buy seasons passes for New Philadelphia Schools sporting events is going up. The School Board this week increased pay-to-participate fees and season ticket prices, and added a price tag to Golden Quaker passes for senior citizens. Board member Kelly Ricklic said […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The boys on the New Philadelphia track team had their sights set on an OHSAA state championship since they won an indoor state championship this past winter. But it came down to the wire for the Quakers at the state track meet Saturday and Sunday at Jesse […]

UHRICHSVILLE – The city’s mayor says justice has been served now that the city’s former mayor is going to jail. Mayor Jim Zucal says former mayor Mark Haney’s actions that led to his 10-day jail sentence are inexcusable. Haney earlier this year pleaded guilty to felony theft and soliciting improper […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Uhrichsville’s former mayor will serve 10 days in jail, spend 60 days on house arrest and pay $16,000 in restitution for improperly using city funds. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Ernest sentenced former mayor Mark Haney on Tuesday two months after Haney pleaded guilty to […]

DOVER – The annual Dover Memorial Day Service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Maple Grove Cemetery by American Legion Post 205. The Dover High School Marching Band will get the event start by marching to the cemetery from Dover High School at 9:45 a.m. The high school’s Ars […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – School officials have made several budget cuts and are proposing more as they deal with shortfalls brought about by recent legislative actions at the state level. District Treasurer Julie Erwin says their property tax and state funding revenue will decline by $4.3 million over the next five […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Board of Education will not be back on the ballot in November to ask voters to help fund new schools. School Board members at a Wednesday morning work session agreed not to pursue tax funding for new school buildings following the defeat of an income tax […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Board of Elections appears to be bracing for a court battle with County Commissioners. County Administrator Kris Lowdermilk on Monday asked the four members of the election board to forego their own $600 monthly stipends for two years to pay back $47,500 in bonuses […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The driver in a drunk-driving, drag-racing crash that killed a 21-year-old New Philadelphia man in August will spend six to seven years in prison. Friday morning, 38-year-old Janesh Cabrera-Vargas was sentenced to three years in prison for aggravated vehicular homicide and an additional three to four years […]