LOCAL NEWS
OSP Checkpoint Successful
The State Highway Patrol New Philadelphia Post says it’s most recent sobriety checkpoint in sandy township was another success. Post commander lt. Johnnie Maier says 381 vehicles came through the checkpoint Friday night on state route 800 near state route...
Hunter Armstrong Spoke to Local Residents
Dover, Tuscarawas County and all of northeast Ohio celebrated Olympic hero Hunter Armstrong Saturday at the Tuscarawas County YMCA.The 2019 Dover grad was there with the gold and silver medals he won in swimming relays at the Paris Olympic games.He thanked...
Two Norma Johnson Center Buildings Get Makeovers
A facility improvement project at the Norma Johnson Center can now move forward.Tuscarawas County is getting a quarter-million dollars from Ohio’s one-time strategic investment fund to rehabilitate the center’s iconic red barn. Parks director Jesse...
Don’t Forget Back-To-School Vaccines
The Tuscarawas County Health Department says it’s offering last-minute opportunities for back-to-school vaccines.Director of health promotion and community relations Jennifer Demuth says parents can call the health department in Dover to schedule drive-up...
More Spraying Scheduled
Mary Alice Reporting - The Tuscarawas County Health Department (TCHD) was notified on August 16th, by the Ohio Department of Health, that two more mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile Virus.Samples were collected on Lindentree Rd NE, Mineral...
Park Sleeping Ban Considered in New Philadelphia
A council committee will decide whether to introduce legislation criminalizing certain aspects of homelessness in New Philadelphia.In a 6-to-3 ruling earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Oregon community’s ban on sleeping outside at parks...
Programs Enable Free School Meals
Most students in the area can get free meals this school year after the expansion of the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs in Ohio.Those programs offer reimbursements to school districts so they can offer no-cost meals to all students.Area...
Grants Awarded through Community Foundation
While Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and Ohio’s Hospice received some of this year’s larger grants through the Tuscarawas County Community Foundation, a host of youth-oriented groups benefited as well. Indian Valley schools, the Dolly Parton Imagination...
Certain Department Heads Receive Slight Pay Bump
Mary Alice Reporting - In a 6 to 1 vote, pay raises were approved for certain department heads at Uhrichsville Council’s latest meeting.The finance committee recommended the passage on an emergency basis for a 3.5% pay increase for the police and fire...
Mobile Home Gutted in Tuesday Blaze
Dennison’s fire chief says grease left unattended on a stove was to blame for a blazeThat fire significantly damaged a double-wide modular home in Mill Township Tuesday afternoon.Dave McConnell says they were sent to the 85-hundred block of Latto Road...
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