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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 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Teachers, administrators and staff at New Philadelphia’s West Elementary School have earned statewide recognition for going above and beyond for their students. Mark Jones with the Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators this week honored the fourth grade and preschool building as one of its 2026 Hall […]

DOVER – The city’s summer projects include paving on the south side and planning for a few bigger projects next year. Service Director Dave Douglas says the orange cones that are downtown right now are for an Enbridge Gas project to replace lines that are nearly 70 years old or […]

SUGARCREEK – The village will be sandwiched by paving work on state Route 39 this summer, starting this week. Night-time paving continues along an 8-mile stretch of 39 west of the village, according to ODOT District 11 spokesperson Lauren Borell. The road will be down to one lane at night […]