COLUMBUS Area officials went to Columbus on Thursday to express their opposition to a proposal calling for a feasibility study on the merits of consolidating small town health departments around Ohio with county health departments.
They testified before the Ohio Senate Health Committee on the proposal, which is in the House version of the next biennial state budget. If enacted, it could possibly lead to the closure of the New Philadelphia City Health Department.
The group included New Philadelphia Mayor Joel Day; Health Commissioner Vickie Ionno;, Nicole Bache, director of nursing for the health department; Law Director Marvin Fete; and Council President Don Kemp.
Video from a police body camera proved crucial during an administrative review of an incident in 2019 in which a Sugarcreek police officer shot and killed a man who had stabbed the officer.
Elijah Collins III, of High Point, N.C., stabbed Capt. Brian Dalton twice in the neck with a screwdriver on June 26, 2019. The assault occurred after Dalton cited Collins for damaging property after driving into an area where trucks were prohibited.
Video from Dalton s body camera was reviewed both by village council members and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Council concluded that Dalton handled himself correctly in the situation.
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DENNISON A wanted 19-year-old Uhrichsville man was rescued from the ice atop Stillwater Creek on Tuesday night after fleeing from police.
Deputies got Glenn D.W. Skinner off the ice so emergency medical workers could treat him, according to Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell. Looks like the guys did a great job and could very well have saved Mr. Skinner, Campbell said by email.
He credited deputies Chris Edwards, Brian Hale and Dave Digenova with rescuing Skinner, along with K-9 Bruno.
Skinner was unresponsive when they found him, according to Edwards initial report of the incident. Deputies removed him from the ice and dragged him to U.S. Route 250. Uhrichsville Fire Department paramedics took him from the road to a hospital for treatment of severe hypothermia.
NEW PHILADELPHIA Members of the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections met with commissioners on Monday to express their concerns about new security arrangements at the courthouse and the county office building.
Currently, visitors to the courthouse enter through a secured entrance off of Ashwood Lane. However, members of the public are able to access the county office building through multiple unsecured entrances.
Under a new plan, which goes into effect on March 1, the Ashwood Lane entrance will be closed. All visitors to the courthouse and the county office building will enter both buildings through one secured entrance in the county office building.