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DOVER – It took firefighters from nine departments more than 16 hours to get a salvage yard fire under control Friday night into Saturday morning. Even then, about 24 hours later the Bolivar Fire Department was called back to quickly put out a rekindling. On its Facebook page, Speedie Auto […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Buckeye Career Center is purchasing a local truck driving school. BCC officials Friday announced their board of education has agreed to purchase the American Professional Truck Driving School, also known as the Liberty Coach Truck Driving School, in Gnadenhutten. The $1.4 million dollar purchase from Lewis and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A 27-year-old Dover man will serve 15 years to life in prison for raping a 6-year-old. Brandon Lynch pleaded guilty to one count of rape while four other felony counts were dismissed, according to a March 14 sentencing order from Tuscarawas Common Pleas Court Judge Elizabeth Thomakos. The […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The family of a man imprisoned for last year’s violent assault in New Philadelphia is trying to gather support against what they call an excessive sentence. Last week, a jury convicted 35-year-old Christopher Beatty of aggravated burglary and felonious assault. He was sentenced to 10 to 15 […]

NEW PHILADLEPHIA – The 35-year-old Guatemalan immigrant who took a young girl from Georgia to Dover to be his girlfriend will be sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to rape and other charges. Antonio Agustin is scheduled to be sentenced on two counts of rape, one count of gross sexual imposition, […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Strasburg man who engaged Sheriff’s deputies in a 6-hour standoff and allegedly pointed a gun at his 3-year-old daughter’s head has been formally charged with four felonies. James A. Copeland, 45, faces two counts of kidnapping with firearms specifications, violating a protection order and menacing by […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The city is considering expanding its outdoor drinking hours from just special events to seven days a week. City Council approved a downtown Designated Outdoor Drinking Area – or DORA – last year to operate during events. This week, the city’s DORA board and representative Council member […]

NEWCOMERSTOWN – The water is back on, the boil alert is lifted and the water line is repaired. However, Mayor Pat Cadle says there is still a lot of work to do to fix the damage from Thursday’s break in a major water line on Canal Street. Cadle says crews […]

DOVER – City officials have decided to take their case against the Dover Chemical Corporation to the Ohio Supreme Court. Dover Chemical has received favorable rulings in Common Pleas and Appeals courts in its dispute over $1.1-million in punitive electric surcharges the city tried to levy against the company. Tuscarawas […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A pair of recent indictments in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court revealed accusations of sex crimes, one involving a minor and one involving a person with developmental disabilities. The Grand Jury on Feb. 28 indicted 37-year-old Allen J. Kerns of Newcomerstown on five felony counts, including two […]