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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 4, 2024) – The New Philadelphia Man who allegedly confessed to intentionally striking and seriously injuring a man on a bike with his pickup truck is out of the Tuscarawas County Jail after posting bond. 23-year-old Quintin Sarver appeared in New Philadelphia Municipal Court Tuesday by […]

DOVER (WJER) (Sept. 3, 2024) – The city’s annual End of Summer Celebration had some Olympic flair to it this time around. Dover native Hunter Armstrong, fresh off his gold-medal winning swimming relay performance in Paris, was honored at Sunday’s event at Dover City Park. He thanked those in attendance […]

TUSCARAWAS CO. (WJER) (Aug. 30, 2024) – Some students are getting an even longer Labor Day weekend away from school because of extreme heat in the buildings. There are no classes districtwide today at New Philadelphia and Garaway.  Dover elementary and middle school students also have the day off, though […]

ZOARVILLE (WJER) (Aug. 29, 2024) – Tusky Valley School District officials are ready to unveil their new elementary school to the public just ahead of the new academic year. This comes one year after the new middle-high school building opened nearby. Superintendent Derek Varansky says they’re having a ribbon cutting […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 29, 2024) – Partnering agencies are welcoming the public to gather tonight to reflect on those who have lost their battles with addiction and acknowledge the grief of family and friends. Tuscarawas County Health Department Health Educator Lakyn Craig says their annual Overdose Awareness Day commemoration […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 27, 2024) – City officials are ready to get the public involved again in the process of updating its zoning laws. Mayor Joel Day says the city’s planning commission is recommending that city council adopt the new zoning code written by Wendy Moeller of Compass Point […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 27, 2024) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says it’s fortunate nobody was injured after an Akron man was arrested for allegedly being drunk and combative with a gun at a wedding reception in Union Township Sunday night. Campbell says it started when two members of […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 26, 2024)  – The Ohio Department of Transportation is letting drivers know that state Route 39 between Dover and Sugarcreek is open again despite some ongoing work there today. That stretch opened again Friday after a 47-day closure as part of a $1.2 million project to […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 26, 2024)  – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle  motorcycle accident that killed a Newcomerstown man over the weekend in Tuscarawas County’s Rush Township. Troopers say the motorcycle, operated by 33-year-old Trevor Berndt, failed to negotiate a curve on Edwards Ridge Road, overturned, […]

DOVER (WJER) (Aug. 26, 2024)  – Firefighters are keeping their skills sharp for not only emergencies in burning buildings, but also under the water. Captain Brooks Ross says they spent a few hours last week beneath the Wooster Ave. bridge with New Philadelphia firefighters for water rescue training in the […]