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Tusky Valley to cut ribbon on new elementary

August 29, 2024

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 […]


Overdose Awareness Day commemoration set for Thurs evening

August 29, 2024

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 […]




Delays possible on SR 39 for post-construction work

August 26, 2024

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 […]


Newcomerstown man dies in single-vehicle motorcycle crash

August 26, 2024

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, […]



Ribbon cut on new $2.7m men’s substance use treatment center

August 23, 2024

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 […]


Troopers put focus on school bus safety as classes resume

August 21, 2024

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 […]