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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 17. 2024) – The wintry weather caused problems for drivers on area roads over the weekend. Sgt. Jennifer Makris at the New Philadelphia patrol post says troopers there handled about eight weather-related crashes Sunday along with additional calls for vehicles sliding off roads in Tuscarawas County. […]

UHRICHSVILLE (Feb 14, 2025) – A bridge connecting Uhrichsville and Dennison is closed to drivers and pedestrians for the foreseeable future. Uhrichsville Service Director Cade Watkins announced Thursday the city was told to close the First Street bridge over Little Stillwater Creek following an ODOT inspection that revealed heavy corrosion […]

DOVER (WJER) (Feb. 11, 2025) – Tuscarawas County Health Department officials say Ohio is amid one of its most active flu seasons in more than five years as people have become less cautious over time since the early days of the Covid pandemic. Spokeswoman Jennifer Demuth says the latest state […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 10, 2024) – Drivers may be noticing more crews out on ODOT-maintained roads trimming trees this time of year. District 11 spokeswoman Lauren Borell says ODOT is usually only permitted to have the work performed between October and March due to environmental purposes. She says the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 7, 2025)  – Drivers are again able to access both lanes of U.S. 250 westbound approaching New Philadelphia and the Schoenbrunn exit. Ohio Department of Transportation District 11 Spokeswoman Lauren Borell says crews had closed one lane of the road and the exit ramp following an […]

DOVER (WJER ) (Feb. 6, 2025) – Dover firefighters say a man declined treatment for slight smoke inhalation resulting from a small fire in the wall space of his house overnight. Captain Joe Minocchi says the man called 9-1-1 from his home in the 200 block of Superior Avenue at […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 5, 2025) – The Tuscarawas County Engineer’s office is keeping an eye on the forecast with freezing rain included as part of a Winter Weather Advisory in effect tonight and into the early morning hours. Assistant Tuscarawas County Engineer Genaro DeMonte says his office will stay […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 4, 2025) – The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District is in the early stages of planning to construct a regional safety center near Tappan Lake. The project would also include a new fire station in a separate building for the Tappan Lake Volunteer Fire Department. The buildings […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 4, 2025) – The State Highway Patrol says an Akron man and his passenger suffered just minor injuries when he fell asleep and his box truck tipped over on the I-77 north exit ramp at Bolivar. The crash occurred shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday and had […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 30, 2025)  – Some city officials have a preference as to where the New Philadelphia School District could build a new high school if approved by voters. The school district in May is again attempting a $72-million bond issue to construct a new Pre-K through 6th-grade […]