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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 […]

MILL TWP. (WJER) (Aug. 14, 2024) – Dennison firefighters say grease left unattended on a stove was to blame for a blaze that significantly damaged a double-wide modular home southeast of the Twin City area Tuesday afternoon. Chief Dave McConnell says they were sent to the 8500 block of Latto […]

DOVER (WJER) (Aug. 14, 2024) – The Tuscarawas County Health Department says it has been notified about a mosquito sample testing positive for West Nile virus for the sixth time now this summer. The most recent positive sample was collected July 30th in the 200 block of Jefferson Street In […]

COLUMBUS (WTUZ) (Aug. 13. 2024) – A local coalition is getting to serve as an example for others in the state when it comes to combating human trafficking. At his recent 5th annual Human Trafficking Summit in Columbus, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recognized Tusc Against Trafficking for its work […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WTUZ) (Aug. 12, 2024)  – It is the big week for Dress-A-Child participants. Qualifying families in the back-to-school clothing assistance program can pick up their gift cards beginning Wednesday. Dress-A-Child Co-Chair Brenda Jenkins says there was an application process based on household income and other factors. Wednesday’s pickups […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WTUZ) (Aug. 12, 2024)  – We’re now less than a month away from the new season at the Kent Tusc Performing Arts Center. It kicks off September 8th with ‘The Docksiders – America’s Favorite Yacht Rock Band.’  That’s at 7:30 pm and will take showgoers on a cruise […]

Tuscarawas Co. (WJER) (Aug. 1, 2024) – Local athletic directors are expressing support for the new state law that requires automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, to be placed in nearly every school and sports venue in Ohio. New Philadelphia’s Tim Fortney says this follows Lindsay’s Law, which was passed in […]

CANTON (WJER) (July 25, 2024) – Stark County sheriff’s officials have confirmed that skeletal remains of an apparent homicide victim found near an oil well site in the southern part of that county in 2020 were those of a missing Dover man. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined the Stark […]