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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 7, 2025) – Tuscarawas County’s Democratic Party chair is looking to build momentum off the participation in Saturday’s nationwide “Hands Off” rallies against Republican policies and cuts at the state and federal levels. Mike DiDonato says it’s estimated that about 500 people in all – at […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 3, 2025) – There may be a lot of sleepy people out there today. Sirens blared early this morning – mainly between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. – when the National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for a storm with rotation that was spotted moving into the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 3, 2025) – The State Highway Patrol says the motorcycle rider who was seriously injured in a crash east of New Philadelphia has died. The motorcycle operated by 66-year-old David Metzger of Louisville went off the left side of Tabor Ridge Road while rounding a curve […]

MILL TWP. (WJER / WTUZ) (April 2, 2025)  – The State Highway Patrol New Philadelphia post is investigating a fatal plane crash near Midvale that killed the pilot who was flying solo. It happened in a farm field in Mill Township, just across the Tuscarawas River from Five Waters Golf […]

UHRICHSVILLE (April 1, 2025)  – The city is accepting applicants to fill a vacant council position. Leigh Ann McCray left the Ward 2 seat more than a month ago. The Tuscarawas County Republican Party did not name a replacement in 45 days, so Council President Buck Cottrell says that means […]

DOVER (March 31, 2025) – A renovation project is underway at the Tuscarawas County Health Department. Director of Community Relations Jennifer Demuth says the building, which opened in 1977, needs upgrades. She says the first phase is adding a bypass drive along the side for easier traffic flow during drive-up […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 31, 2025) – State troopers have had no updates today on the operator injured in Saturday’s motorcycle crash east of New Philadelphia. The motorcycle, operated by 66-year-old David Metzger of Louisville, was rounding a curve on Tabor Ridge Road in Fairfield Township and went off the […]

DOVER (WJER) (Mar. 20, 2025) – City firefighters and others battled a garage fire that lit the night sky late Wednesday. They were called around 11:20 p.m. to the 500 block of East Front Street for a detached garage fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters says they had it quickly under […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER ) (Mar. 19, 2025) – The man who admitted to meeting a 12-year-old Georgia girl online and bringing her to Dover to be his girlfriend last year is heading to prison. Judge Michael Ernest accepted the negotiated agreement that gives 35-year-old Antonio Agustin a life sentence with […]

PITTSBURGH (WJER) (Mar. 19, 2025) – The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Tuscarawas County today. That means critical brush fire weather conditions are either occurring now – or will be shortly – due to a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures. […]