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DOVER (WJER) (May 16, 2025) – The public is getting to display and express gratitude to those who have taken an oath to serve and protect their communities. This is National Police Week.  It all centers around Peace Officers Memorial Day – which was Thursday –  as first established in […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 16, 2025) – State troopers are crediting an onlooker for helping apprehend a driver accused of running from authorities after leading them on a pursuit from New Philadelphia to Newcomerstown. New Philadelphia Post Commander Lt. Johnnie Maier says the pursuit started around 7:40 p.m. Wednesday on […]

CARROLLTON (WJER) (May 12, 2025) – Carroll County authorities say that the suspect they were looking for who was wanted by U.S. Marshals is now in jail. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday that 42-year-old Joshua M. Middleton of the Canton area had been located and taken into custody. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WTUZ) (May 12, 2025) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is publicizing local enforcement results from Distracted Driving Awareness Month to prove that offenders are getting caught and ticketed. New Philadelphia Post Commander Lt. Johnnie Maier says his troopers issued 103 citations in April for distracted driving. Maier […]

SUGARCREEK (WJER) (May 9, 2025) – Sugarcreek and Baltic now have the first community-based fire departments in the state of Ohio that can perform blood transfusions from an ambulance before a patient arrives at a hospital. Firefighters and others this week unveiled the program, made possible through the village councils […]

SHERRODSVILLE (WJER) (May 9, 2025) – The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office has still been asking for the public’s assistance in trying to track down a Canton area man who has been in and out of jail in Stark County on various drug charges over the years. Authorities on Thursday morning […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 6, 2025) – Voters in two Tuscarawas County school districts have rejected multi-million-dollar ballot issues that would have funded new facilities. In New Philadelphia, Issue 10, the combined $72-million, 5.9-mill bond issue and 1-mill tax levy for new PreK-6 and middle-high school buildings was defeated with […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 6, 2025) – Tuscarawas County’s engineer and others have been asking for voters to approve State Issue 2 at the polls today. Issue 2 would authorize the state to issue $2.5 billion over 10 years for public infrastructure projects, such as road and bridge work. The […]

NEWARK, Ohio (WJER) (May 6, 2025) – The trial is underway for the truck driver charged in connection to the Tusky Valley charter bus chain reaction crash that killed six people on I-70 east of Columbus in November of 2023. 61-year-old Jacob McDonald of Zanesville is charged with 26 counts, […]

GNADENHUTTEN (WJER) (May 5, 2025) – The Indian Valley school family is mourning the loss of a high school student following a lengthy illness. The Indian Valley School District Music Boosters group on Facebook announced the passing of sophomore Evan Davis on Sunday. Online posts say Evan had been diagnosed […]