State Route 212 was shut down for a couple of hours Monday following a crash that caused a natural gas fire.The New Philadelphia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the one vehicle accident, at a1:40pm, near Atwood Lake spillway.An...

A Monday crash on US 250 was fatal for a 50-year-old. Ohio State Highway Patrol's New Philadelphia Post responded just after 3pm near the Harrison County line. A release notes it was a two vehicle collision and the preliminary investigation determined a westbound...

The woman accused of drowning her 4-year-old son and driving her other kids into the water on a golf cart at Atwood Lake is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and other charges. 40-year-old Ruth Miller of Millersburg is represented by Cleveland...

New Philadelphia Police are awaiting results of an autopsy following a dead body being discovered along Maple Avenue.Chief Tessa Pohovey indicates that someone called dispatch on Sunday."It was around 4:45pm a call came into our department reporting a...

An initiative to build an inclusive playground is getting a financial boost from the Rainbow Connection.The organization has committed $125,000 for the project at Tuscora Park. Executive Director Perci says making areas handicap accessible has been a...

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...