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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 […]

DENNISON (WTUZ) (Aug. 23, 2024)  – The community is celebrating the completion of the area’s first publicly funded substance use treatment center for men. A crowd gathered Thursday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Stillwater Crossing residential facility on Dudgeon Way. ADAMHS Board member Mark Murphy says the center is […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WTUZ) (Aug. 21, 2024) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to be aware that school buses will be back on the roads in the mornings, afternoons, and some evenings with sporting events. New Philadelphia Post Commander Lt. Johnnie Maier says that again means getting back […]

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY (WJER) (Aug. 21, 2024) – Today is back to school day for many of the students in the area. New Philadelphia Superintendent Amy Wentworth says they have about 50 staff members new to the district to welcome back the kids there today. “It will be exciting to see […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 19. 2024) – Residents are getting a chance tonight to express their opinions to the city council members who will be deciding whether to establish a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area – or DORA – for alcoholic beverages downtown. Mayor Joel Day is asking council to pass […]