Tuscarawas county engineer Doug Bachman is beginning his first full term in office.Bachman served as the Harrison County engineer before being appointed to the position previously held by his father in October 2023. He ran unopposed for re-election and was...

An upcoming event can help meet New Year’s fitness goals while supporting a worthwhile cause.The 2025 run for home is April 5th and 6th at Tuscora Park to benefit Habitat for Humanity of East Central Ohio.Matt Ritzert directs the two-day fundraiser that...

Dover continues to loosen restrictions for prospective city employees as officials look to recruit and hire police officers.The latest move came this week when the mayor and safety director proposed eliminating a residency requirement that prohibited the...

The Tuscarawas county health department is notifying the public about a still high level of flu and COVID activity right now.COVID cases statewide did drop from just over eight-thousand last week to 66-hundred this week, after rising for five weeks in a...

No one was hurt, but a large piece of equipment sustained hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage in an electrical fire at the Belden Brick Plant 2 in Sugarcreek early Thursday morning.Sugarcreek Fire Chief John Meek was first on the scene. He says he...

State Highway Patrol investigators believe a medical issue and not a car crash killed a 57-year-old Dundee woman who drove her car across the road and into a guardrail after leaving her driveway Wednesday afternoon.New Philadelphia Post Commander...

Another lawsuit has been filed related to the Uhrichsville Landlord registration fee, this time a landlord is seeking to recover paid fees.In April 2020, Uhrichsville council adopted ordinance 7-20 requiring all city residential rental owners to pay an...

Tuscarawas County’s newest officeholders are getting settled in.New Philadelphia resident and former city councilman Mitch Pace has replaced newly-retired longtime county commissioner Chris Abbuhl. He joined the county’s two incumbent commissioners in the...

The American Red Cross honored a Dover Police Officer for saving a man’s life in August.Local Red Cross Director Kim Kroh presented Patrolman Ryan Porter with the American Red Cross Lifesaving Award for Professional Responders for his actions on August...

Two seats are up on the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections and résumés are being accepted.A person needs to be elected by both political parties as a recommendation, which goes to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office for appointment, explains local Board...