March 14, 2010
A 25-year-old Tippecanoe man is being held in Tuscarawas County jail on open charges after he led police on a high speed pursuit Sunday through Uhrichsville and Dennison.
Ptl. Mike Hickman reported that at about midnight, he saw a car stop at Main and E. 5th Sts., and as it entered the intersection, it appeared that the driver tried to conceal his identity from the officer. Hickman said the vehicle had no license plate lights, and the driver began to drive erratically and failed...- A Columbus police officer is recovering after being shot in the leg while working special duty Saturday, an official with the local police union said today. Officer Michael Shannon, 34, a seven-year veteran of the Police Division, was in uniform while patrolling on foot at the Lake Eden apartment
- Residents in the Planters Grove neighborhood of New Albany aren't pleased with a proposal to install cellular antennas atop an existing 169-foot electrical tower at the edge of their community park. Monday night, the New Albany Planning Commission is scheduled to consider the addition of nine
- Powerful pro Israel lobby group says Washington should defuse tensions with Israel.
With temperatures in the low 40s Sunday, it was a good day to play a little catch or stay inside for some 3-on-3 basketball action.
The March Madness 3-...Eight charitable organizations in Tuscarawas County recently received grants totaling $109,073 awarded by the Selection Committee of The Harold C. and Marjorie Q. Rosenberry Tuscarawas County Foundation.
The late Harold C. Rosenberry of Dover established the charitable trust to provide financial assistance to qualified groups in the county. Organizations use the money to buy equipment and for capital improvements.
The following organizations received Rosenberry...- The pro-Israel group AIPAC, which had been at pains for much of President Obama's term to downplay tensions between his administration and Benjamin
Support continues to mount for Danny Jeandervin of Dover, who was seriously injured in a sled riding accident Jan. 14.
Jeandervin, 17, is in the rehabilitation unit of Ohio State University Hospitals at Columbus, where he was transferred from Aultman Hospital at Canton. He is a son of Tim and Connie Jeandervin.
His mother is a nurse in Aultman’s coronary care unit.
“Danny is doing very well,” she said. “He’s going to...A one-vehicle crash late Saturday night on Rt. 800 a half mile south of Dover Dam claimed the life of a Tuscarawas County man.
William E. Burkey, 58, of 10264 State Rt. 212, Bolivar, died as a result of injuries he received in the crash, which occurred at 11:15 in Dover Township, according to troopers from the New Philadelphia post of the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Troopers said Burkey was driving south in a 1994 Mercury Cougar when he drove off the right side of the road...