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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 20, 2025) – The Tuscarawas County Historical Society is now taking nominations for its 2025 Zeisberger Heckewelder Awards. Curator Kim Jurkovic says the awards – first given out in 1981 – are to recognize individuals or organizations for their service to the community or for their […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 20, 2025) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s deputies arrested an allegedly drunken and suicidal man who had fired multiple shots from a handgun into the ceiling and floor of his home with three of his children present. It doesn’t appear anyone was injured. Call records show this […]

PITTSBURGH (WJER) (Jan. 20, 2025)  – The National Weather Service is urging everyone to use caution while traveling outside these next few days because of the extreme cold. That includes wearing appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves, and to keep pets indoors as much as possible. Tuscarawas County is under […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 14, 2024) – Leadership change is coming to the New Philadelphia Health Department.   Mayor Joel Day Told City Council Monday night that Health Commissioner Vickie Ionno has informed the city health board that she plans to retire after nearly 14 years in the position. He […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan 13, 2024) – Tuscarawas County Engineer Doug Bachman is beginning his first full term in office. Bachman served as the Harrison County engineer before being appointed to the position previously held by his father in October of 2023. He ran unopposed for re-election and was sworn […]

NEWCOMERSTOWN (WJER) (Jan. 13, 2025) – Newcomerstown firefighters are reminding everyone to use extreme caution around bodies of water in freezing conditions. The village fire department was called to the River Street bridge area for two men whose small boat became stuck in ice on the Tuscarawas River shortly before […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 6, 2025)  – The Ohio Department of Transportation is asking drivers to allow plenty of time to get to their destinations this morning as the snow falls. All the roads have snow on them right from the overnight storm, some a lot worse than others.  Traffic […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – (WJER) (Dec. 27, 2024) – The suspect accused of attacking the clerk during a robbery attempt at the Dover Speedway on South Wooster Avenue this month now faces formal charges. A Tuscarawas County Grand Jury has handed down a five-count indictment, all felonies, against 39-year-old John A. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 27, 2024) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s officials say a Newcomerstown man was injured after crashing his vehicle and rolling it over several times at the end of a high-speed pursuit that started on the west side of New Philadelphia. A deputy says it began when he […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 26, 2024)  – State troopers say two people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being thrown from their minivan in a single-vehicle crash along Johnstown Rd. NE near Dover at about 12:45 this morning. New Philadelphia Post Sgt. Brian Hawkins says the minivan went off the […]