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DOVER (WJER) (Jan. 5, 2026) – Dover’s mayor says 2025 was a historically productive year for the city. Shane Gunnoe says the $10 million in projects undertaken by the city is double the historic average, and income tax collections are up 5 percent over 2024, which was a record. Gunnoe […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Jan. 5, 2026) – Uhrichsville Mayor Jim Zucal is looking back on the city’s successes during his second year in office. Zucal went over some 2025 highlights at council’s final meeting of the year, such as hiring several new employees in the street department and a new code […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER ) (Dec. 23, 2025) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is telling drivers to expect to see more troopers out on the roads for this holiday travel period to close out 2025. New Philadelphia Post Commander Lt. Johnnie Maier says troopers will be watching for drivers who […]

DOVER (WJER) (Dec. 23, 2025) – The organizer behind the holiday luminary walk at Dover City Park this past weekend is thanking the community for helping make it become a new holiday tradition. Dover Building and Zoning Administrator John McFadden says his family first put the luminaries up for an […]

DOVER (Dec. 22, 2025) – There are plans in the works to build more than 100 new homes in Dover starting next year. Mayor Shane Gunnoe says Lawver Homes, already building houses in the 30-home Crimson Cove subdivision, is progressing on plans for about 30 single-family homes and 50 condominiums […]

DOVER (WJER) (Dec. 22, 2025) – The Dover School Board is appealing a county decision that would block Dover’s efforts to fund an $80-million construction project. The Board earlier this year agreed to shift inside millage, or mills not voted on by the public, from operations to permanent improvements. The […]

TUSCARAWAS CO. (WJER) (Dec. 16, 2025) – Gun hunters will be getting another chance to bag a white-tailed deer this weekend. The state’s additional deer gun weekend is December 20th and 21st. Hunters in Tuscarawas County checked in the third most deer in the state at 2,764 during the week-long regular […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 16, 2025) – The Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce is out with its list of member award winners for 2025 as determined by public nominations and a selection committee. Chamber President Scott Robinson says Eleet Cryogenics of Bolivar is the “Large Business of the Year”.  Garry […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 15, 2025) – The cold and snow led to an anxious weekend at times for some around the area. ODOT District 11 had about 90 salt trucks out in eastern Ohio Saturday. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says the 911 center received 31 weather-related crash calls […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 12, 2025) – The Dover, Claymont and Indian Valley school districts have hit a snag in trying to fund future construction and renovations. The Tuscarawas County Budget Commission declined the districts’ attempts to fund those projects by reallocating inside millage, moves that would have raised property […]