A Thursday afternoon fire at Freeport Press in New Philadelphia was quickly brought under control with no injuries reported. New Philadelphia Assistant Fire Chief Matt Tharp says crews were called around 12:30 p.m. for an industrial structure fire involving a paper...

The Tuscarawas County Board of Elections Office is open for a few more days before Tuesday's primary. Director David Johnson says early voting is going well for an off-season election. "We've had 1,525 voters to this point in office. We're averaging around 100 to 180...

Authorities found a missing 15-year-old Tuscarawas County girl in Wisconsin hours after she left her home with an older, married man who allegedly met her online and lied about his age. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Captain Detective Adam Fisher says the girl’s mother...

The city’s planning commission and zoning and annexation board are advancing zoning changes that would make way for a large housing development on the 20-acre former Howden-Buffalo property at the corner of South Broadway and Mill Avenue. The proposal calls for two...

The Quaker Foundation is honoring standout New Philadelphia High School alumni, educators, and students tonight at its Annual Recognition Banquet. Board member Jan McInturf says 147 scholarships will be awarded to 87 graduating seniors, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000,...

Several blood drives are planned for Tuscarawas County through Vitaliant and the American Red Cross. Opportunities in May include the Tuscarawas County YMCA on the 1st from noon to 6pm. On the 6th, the Red Cross will be in Sugarcreek at Frist United Church of Christ...

Five community leaders will be honored in June as the latest recipients of the Zeisberger Heckewelder awards.  For 45 years, this annual Tuscarawas County tradition has recognized exemplary citizens with the award named for the 18th-century missionaries who founded...

Walmart in New Philadelphia was evacuated for about two hours on Wednesday after a bomb threat was found scrawled in a women’s restroom.  Police and a bomb-detection K9 from Canton conducted a sweep of the store and found nothing suspicious.  The report came in at...

A new trail is available for use at Clendening Park Dam off of State Route 800 in Tippecanoe. The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District and Army Corp of Engineers recently cut the ribbon for the Quarry Trail. Trails Coordinator Dylan Sayer says the first part...

New charges in a decades-old dismemberment case are giving the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office hope for other cold cases.  Investigators say Larry Drotleff of Euclid admitted he found his elderly father dead at home in 1998, dismembered the body, and dumped the...