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DOVER – The city is adding incentives for new police hires as finding cops becomes increasingly difficult. City Council Monday approved a police recruit sponsorship program that would cover training expenses for new hires, up to $15,000 per recruit. In return, the officer would have to work for Dover for […]

DOVER (November 26, 2024) – Officials at the Schaeffler group are not waiting for a groundbreaking ceremony. They have started construction on their $250 million manufacturing facility on the north side of the city. Mayor Shane Gunnoe says the company skipped the ceremonial first shovel photo op and will instead […]

CANTON (November 26, 2024) – The Fifth District Court of Appeals has affirmed a $100,000-plus judgment in favor of the city of Dover against its former longtime mayor Richard Homrighausen. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Mike Ernest had previously ruled Homrighausen owed Dover $77,802.06 for compensation he received while […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (November 22, 2024) – A biker gang rolled through the area Friday morning carrying enough frozen turkeys and Thanksgiving dinners to feed about 80 families. That was the New Philadelphia-based Ohio Gorillas, a motorcycle club formed this past summer to make a difference in the community. Zach Garbrandt […]

DOVER (November 21, 2024) – A police officer took a wanted felon into custody while on his lunch break at Circle K this past Monday. Dover police say they had been on the lookout for 39-year-old David Rogers, who has previous convictions for drug possession and trafficking and was wanted […]

DOVER (November 20, 2024) – The city has taken ownership of the former First Federal Bank and is months away from moving in. Mayor Shane Gunnoe on Monday said the city has retained architect Bruce Widder to design an interior makeover to turn the bank into a city hall. The […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (November 14, 2024) – The lockdowns at Buckeye Career Center and Strasburg schools on Tuesday were based on what turned out to be a hoax. New Philadelphia Police Captain Rocky Dusenberry says on Tuesday morning an 18-year-old student told school and law enforcement officials that his estranged father […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Two suspects accused of dumping a body in northern Tuscarawas County last year are in police custody. Ashlie Morris, 36, of Massillon is in the Tuscarawas County jail after a grand jury indictment on charges of gross abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony, and failure to […]