LOCAL NEWS
Tips to Keep Porch Packages Safe
Take time to protect delivered packages during this busy time of year.Strasburg police Chief Dave Warrick is warning everyone about a crime that happens more often this time of year. He says it’s the season for ‘porch pirates’ so be on the lookout for...
OSP ID’s Suspect in Deadly Hit-Skip
The State Highway Patrol has identified the suspected driver who fled the scene of a fatal crash on I-77 near Strasburg in October.Sgt. William Bower says they are not publicly identifying the 59-year-old Cleveland man at this time, but they believe he...
2025 Budget Approved by Tuscarawas Commissioners
The commissioners have finalized Tuscarawas County’s 2025 spending plan.The board on Monday approved just over 37-million-dollars in general fund expenses for the New Year or about 4.4-million less than projected revenue.President Kristen Zemis says the...
Grand Jury to Hear Robbery, Assault Case
A grand jury will now consider formal charges against the suspect in last week’s speedway gas station robbery where the clerk was attacked. 39-year-old john a. McNutt waived his preliminary hearing in New Philadelphia Municipal Court Wednesday on charges...
Dennison Man to Serve Time for Voyeurism, Other Charges
The suspect in a voyeurism and child pornography case out of Dennison is heading to prison.Danny Quillin will spend the next 4 to 6 years behind bars for secretly recording minors in a state of undress with a cell phone he hid inside a bathroom.Tuscarawas...
Sherrod Brown Makes Final Floor Speech
Outgoing Ohio democratic U.S. senator Sherrod Brown is vowing to keep standing up for the American worker.That was the theme as brown, who lost to republican Bernie Moreno in November’s election, delivered his final floor speech this week. Brown says he’s...
Sentence Issued in Road Rage Assault
The two assailants in a February assault in New Philadelphia will spend time in jail for the attack that authorities described as a road rage incident.Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Elizabeth Thomakos Tuesday sentenced 20-year-old Wyatt Shaw of...
Southern District Judge Defends His Court, Disagrees with Mayors Court
Tuscarawas County’s Southern District Court judge defended the work his court does while also disagreeing with mayor’s court.The idea of the city court was recently suggested at a Uhrichsville Council meeting, with some voicing continued frustrations over...
New Philadelphia to Revisit Bond Issue
The bond issue New Philadelphia school district voters rejected last month is going back onto the ballot in the spring.Superintendent Amy Wentworth says the need to consolidate and replace the district’s aging buildings - which average 70-years-old and no...
Board of Education Seat Opens for Tusky Valley
Following four and a half years on the Tuscarawas Valley School District’s Board of Education, Kathryn Johnson stepped down and applicants are being sought.The BOE accepted the resignation at their most recent meeting, with President Dick Gooding...
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