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NEWARK – The truck driver who caused the November 2023 crash that killed six people, including three Tusky Valley band members and three chaperones accompanying them on a trip, has avoided prison time and a felony conviction. Licking County Judge David Branstool on Friday ruled 61-year-old Jacob McDonald not guilty […]

DOVER – South Tuscarawas Avenue near the New Philadelphia border is closed Friday morning (May 16) as crews replace a utility pole following a crash. According to police reports, a woman crashed a red Honda into a utility pole at the corner of Howe Street and South Tuscarawas. The impact […]

DOVER – The writer and star of the movie being filmed in the area grew up in New Philadelphia and is thrilled by the reception he has received in his return to Tuscarawas County. Brock Yurich wrote the screenplay for “Test” and has been working for nearly a decade to […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Buckeye Career Center students are finished building their latest house, and it’s up for auction on Tuesday, May 13. The 2025 Buckeye House is a custom-built brick ranch home at the end of a cul-de-sac at 560 Corral Drive NE, a block away from the vocational school […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A Newcomerstown area woman was frauded out of nearly $20,000 this week. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Captain Adam Fisher says the investigation is ongoing, but it appears someone pretending to be from the Geek Squad emailed the woman. She called a phone number on that email and was […]

DOVER – The Kraton Corporation is closing its manufacturing site in Dover. The company, which makes specialty polymers and other products derived from pine chemicals, announced the pending closure Wednesday, describing it as part of a strategic realignment to streamline operations. https://kraton.com/newsroom/kraton-announces-decision-to-exit-dover-site-to-focus-on-core-business-growth/ Dover Mayor Shane Gunnoe says the move will […]

DOVER – The city is embarking on one of its busiest summer construction seasons ever, with everything from pickleball courts to a 30-home subdivision to a $49 million manufacturing facility taking shape over the next few months. That manufacturing facility would be the 300,000-square-foot Schaeffler plant on the north side […]

DOVER – The Ohio Supreme court will not hear the city’s appeal in its dispute with the Dover Chemical Company. The two sides are at odds over $1.1 million in electric surcharges the city attempted to levy against the company between 2021 and 2023. Dover Chemical so far has received […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The pilot in the April 1 fatal airplane crash in Mill Township was practicing maneuvers and did not make any emergency or distress calls prior to a spiraling nosedive into a field. The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board says Orville J. Evans of New […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A 59-year-old Cleveland man has been indicted for allegedly causing a fatal crash on I-77 near Strasburg this past fall and then fleeing the scene. Antonio Wyley is being held in the Tuscarawas County Jail with a $150,000 bond on felony charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, failure […]