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DOVER – City Council has approved restrictions on electric scooter riders after months of debate. Council had little debate on one ordinance that required helmets on riders under 18 and kept electric scooters off high-speed roads among several other regulations. It took longer for members to come to a consensus […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The New Philadelphia School District will go to the ballot again in November asking taxpayers to help build two new school buildings. The Board of Education has approved a 6.2-mill bond issue to appear on the November 4th ballot. That’s different than the 5.9-mill bond issue and […]

DOVER – The safety director for the city of Dover and Buckeye Career Center is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police. Bob Everett was president of the local FOP Tuscora Lodge Number 4 for close to 30 years. Ohio FOP President Jay […]

PLEA DEAL REACHED NEW PHILADELPHIA – A 24-year-old New Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to felonious assault for ramming his pickup truck into his bicycle-riding adversary. In exchange for Quintin Sarver’s plea, prosecutors dropped a more serious attempted murder charge. Sentencing is scheduled for August 26th. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis […]

UHRICHSVILLE – A 66-year-old Uhrichsville man recently got sick from a mosquito-borne disease that hadn’t been seen in Tuscarawas County in four years. County Health Commissioner Katie Seward says it is the first human case of La Crosse virus here since 2021 and likely the first in Ohio this year. […]

STRASBURG – ODOT plans to build a roundabout just north of Strasburg in four years. This will be at the U.S. 250 and State Route 21 intersection. Construction of the project won’t happen until 2029. ODOT District 11 Spokesperson Lauren Borell says $1.5 million from the Ohio Safety Improvement Program […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – That nobody was hurt Monday morning when a car crashed into the usually-busy Starbucks on Blue Bell Drive is a minor miracle. Police say a 75-year-old local woman accidentally put her car in drive instead of reverse and accelerated through the glass front doors and windows of […]

UHRICHSVILLE – Former Mayor Mark Haney has been indicted on four criminal counts after being accused of using city credit cards on personal purchases and improperly receiving reimbursements for meals, mileage and other purchases, according to the state auditor’s office. The charges include felony theft in office, two felony counts […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Initial charges that include attempted murder have been filed against the suspect in a shooting that took place Sunday morning. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says 44-year-old Carl Reynolds of Uhrichsville fired several shots at his girlfriend’s vehicle after blocking her way with his own vehicle on […]

AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR ROBBERY SUSPECT NEWCOMERSTOWN – The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office on Monday morning was looking for an individual who robbed the Duke and Duchess Store on Adena Drive at around 2:45 a.m. Sheriff Orvis Campbell says the man was completely covered from head to toe, including sunglasses. He […]