The Strasburg police department is planning to make another hire with student safety in mind.  Police chief Randy Haugh the department is currently accepting applications for the position of school resource officer. He says anyone interested can check out...

Dover’s Mayor says housing permit requests for the year are well above the norm. Mayor Shane Gunnoe says building requests this year are at about five times the city’s average.  The in-progress Crimson Cove subdivision in north Dover has something to do with that,...

A grand jury has now indicted the mother jailed for the drowning death of her four-year-old son at Atwood Lake on August 23rd.  The charges in the new seven-count indictment against 40-year-old Ruth Miller of Millersburg include aggravated murder, murder,...

A Wednesday into Thursday pursuit started in Cambridge and the suspect is still on the loose.The initial stop by the Ohio State Highway Patrol was for a driver going 90 in a 70 mile per hour zone.New Philadelphia Post Sgt. Nick Sutterluety says the chase...

The local Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services Board brought in the non-profit 1N5 to speak with local business leaders.Wednesday's Suicide Prevention Training brought in department leaders from several companies, like ProVia and Allied...

There have been several health care related expansions in Tuscarawas County in recent weeks. Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital at the end of June cut the ribbon on the 7-million-dollar upgrade to its cancer care facilities. Buckeye Career Center had Governor Mike DeWine...

A new text scam is circulating supposedly from the Ohio Department of Motor Vehicles.Registrar Charlie Norman says the notice claims there is an outstanding traffic ticket, and payment is needed to avoid penalties."This is a phishing attempt to get Ohioans...

New Philadelphia firefighters say a fire at a house in the 200 block of fork road southeast Wednesday afternoon caused about 150 thousand dollars in damage.  Nobody was injured and fire captain Robert Snyder says a neighbor discovered the fire and helped...

Former Uhrichsville Mayor Mark Haney has entered not guilty pleas to charges accusing him of receiving improper compensation. Haney had an arraignment hearing on Wednesday in the courtroom of Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Elizabeth Thomakos,...

Dover officials are tired of seeing Dumpsters in the streets for extended periods of time, so they’re doing something about it.  City Council is considering permit requirements, fines and other regulations to limit where and how long roll-off containers and Dumpster...