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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) – State troopers say they’re overall pleased with how drivers behaved on the roads over the long Memorial Day weekend. New Philadelphia Post Sgt. Bill Bower says troopers there handled 11 crashes and made four OVI arrests, which is down from last year. Bower says he believes […]

DOVER (WJER) (May 28, 2025) – Dover firefighters have been saying it could be a few days before normal operations resume at Meteor Sealing Systems on South Tuscarawas Avenue following a machine fire Monday. Fire Lt. Brian Stewart says they were called shortly after 3:30 p.m. and started searching for […]

COLUMBUS (WJER) (May 19, 2025) – Tuscarawas County’s state legislators are joining in on the celebration of the Dover High School cheer team’s state championship. State Senator Al Landis introduced the team and coaches Courtney Reese and Samantha Anderson to his colleagues on the Senate floor Wednesday for winning the […]

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 […]