Seven fire departments and the Tuscarawas County Hazmat Team were out Saturday after employees found a leak. New Philadelphia Fire Captain Robert Snyder says they were dispatched at 12:38pm initially for a structure fire at 2118 Reiser Avenue at Veolia Water...

The Ohio Health Department Director is providing numbers to back up reports that flu season is off to what he calls ‘a very strong start.’Bruce Vanderhoff says there were 19-hundred hospitalizations statewide for the week ending January 3rd, up about 600...

The School District is pursuing income tax instead of property tax to fund new school construction.  Superintendent Amy Wentworth says after three failed attempts at passing a bond issue and property tax levy, the district is taking a new approach. “We really heard...

New Philadelphia Fire Department is celebrating 18 years of a smoke alarm collaboration with Lowe's.The home improvement store provides a kindergarten smoke detector program. Fire Prevention Captain Jim Sholtz says this allows the department to go into New...

The city of Dover is in line to receive 3.5 million dollars in grants for future projects, and officials are hoping for a few million more. The approved grants mainly cover infrastructure work around the incoming Schaeffler manufacturing plant on the north...

 City Council swore in two new members this week while considering resolutions to honor their predecessors. At-large representatives Zachary Wallick and Greg Bair sat in on their first Council meetings Monday. They along with incumbent Perci Garner won a...

Legal proceedings continue ahead of the March murder trial of the Millersburg woman charged in her four-year-old son’s drowning death at Atwood Lake last August.  Sheriff officials at the time said 40-year-old ruth miller was experiencing spiritual...

It appears a pair of closed Dover eateries will be opening again soon.  Blazin’ Burgers on North Crater Avenue posted on its Facebook page that the restaurant will be open by the end of the month. The post asks for anyone interested in a job to message the Facebook...

The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District is welcoming three new hires.The organizations created the Ranger Cadet Program. Director of Marketing and Communications Adria Bergeron says this is a workforce development initiative."What we have offered is...

The Dover City School District has bought the East of Chicago Pizza building near Dover Middle School. Superintendent Karie McCrate says they will eventually tear down that building and the former Pro-Print building next door to make way for the possible expansion of...