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NEW PHILADELPHIA – Panelists at Thursday’s property tax forum at the Tuscarawas County Public Library did not have an answer for what could replace property taxes as the main source of funding for most local government agencies. Leonard Gilbert from the Committee to Abolish Property Tax says governments would have […]

DOVER – These are the final weeks before city offices move to a new location a block away. The move from 110 E. Third St. to 321 N. Wooster Ave. has been anticipated since the city bought the former First Federal Bank building in 2024. Delays, including a significant one […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Former Uhrichsville mayor Mark Haney is in the Tuscarawas County Jail to begin serving a 10-day jail sentence. Haney pleaded guilty to felony theft and soliciting improper compensation in April related to charges from the state auditor’s office alleging he used city funds to pay for personal […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office has identified the body found in the Tuscarawas River Monday afternoon as 29-year-old Jacob Holbrook. The coroner’s report on the cause of death is still pending. The report lists Holbrook as homeless and of the New Philadelphia area. Sheriff’s Detective Capt. Adam […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Rescue workers pulled a body from the Tuscarawas River Monday afternoon. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Detective Capt. Adam Fisher spoke shortly after rescue workers brought the body to the shore near the dock by the Waterworks ball fields just after 4 p.m. At the time, he said they […]

DOVER – A new restaurant moving into an old downtown location is the latest beneficiary of the city’s bed tax grants. Tribute Bistro is moving into the former Factory Street Pub & Grill in a 100-plus-year-old building on North Tuscarawas Avenue. The city is giving the new restaurant owners $4,100 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – There have been developments in several previously reported on criminal cases in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court. ACCUSED DRUG DEALER CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER SENTEND TO 5-7 ½ YEARS An accused drug dealer will spend five to seven and a half years in prison for providing the drugs […]

DOVER – The Tuscarawas Valley Farmers Market will celebrate Juneteenth in the most delicious way possible on Wednesday. Rev. Rodney Sutton will lead a cooking demonstration and have free samples of some of the food that has a historical significance to the holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A Dover man who pleaded guilty to raping a child was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 15 years. Christopher Arbogast, 53, was initially indicted on 11 counts but pleaded guilty to three felonies, including rape, in April. Judge Michael Ernest imposed […]

COLUMBUS – The Ohio House and Senate have approved more than $5 million for Tuscarawas County projects that range from pickleball courts to Revolutionary War memorials. The funds are part of Ohio’s $4 billion 2027-2028 biennial capital budget that is not final until Governor Mike DeWine signs it. Projects slated […]