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New Philadelphia schools find metal in playground mulch

September 25, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The New Philadelphia School District has a mulch problem this week that’s keeping kids off the playgrounds. Superintendent Amy Wentworth says they found nails and pieces of metal in the mulch used at district playgrounds, the Quaker Dome and landscaping beds. Nobody has been hurt by the […]





Mosquito spraying to take place around KSU Tusc Tuesday

September 15, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The New Philadelphia Health Department will spray for mosquitoes within a 1-mile radius of the Kent State Tuscarawas campus on Tuesday night, Sept. 16. Health officials say a mosquito sample collected there on Aug. 20 tested positive for West Nile virus. T he city and county health […]


Bond hearing scheduled in Atwood Lake murder case

September 15, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Amish woman accused of murdering her son at Atwood Lake last month has been ordered to appear in court on Monday, Sept. 29. On that date, Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Ernest will decide whether to establish bail for 40-year-old Ruth Miller, who is […]





Coroner IDs body found in New Philadelphia

September 10, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office has identified the body found in a fenced lot on Maple Avenue Northwest in New Philadelphia on Sunday as 36-year-old Bryant Sullivan of Dennison. The cause and manner of death are still pending, but investigator Rachel Fetty says they do not suspect […]