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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 27, 2025) – The man who New Philadelphia Police say fled from a crash that killed his passenger early Saturday morning has waived a preliminary hearing in New Philadelphia Municipal Court. A grand jury will now consider whether to indict 37-year-old Janesh Cabrera Vargas – who […]

Mineral City (WJER) (Aug. 24, 2025) – Authorities have been trying to piece together a tragic series of events that resulted in the deaths of two members of a Holmes County Amish family at Atwood Lake Park on Saturday.   The bodies of a four-year-old boy and his father were recovered […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 24, 2025) – Buckeye Career Center has kicked off the new school year by celebrating the opening of its new medical training facility for students with some high-profile guests. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine cut the ribbon on the $6 million addition […]

ZOARVILLE (WJER) (Aug. 24, 2025) – Family members say a Tusky Valley football player suffered a paralyzing spinal injury during the team’s first game of the season Friday night at Waynedale.  Mayson White was carted off the field following a collision in the second quarter of the game and taken […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 24, 2025) – New Philadelphia police say alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning where the driver fled on foot and left behind a dead passenger in the car.   Police say they were able to locate the driver […]

OXFORD TOWNSHIP (WJER) (Aug. 22, 2025) – The State Highway Patrol New Philadelphia Post says a series of crashes on I-77 Thursday afternoon killed an 18-year-old driver. The post has identified the driver who died as Ava Stamets of Mineral City. The crashes took place just south of the Newcomerstown […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Aug. 18, 2025) – The city of Uhrichsville is moving forward with plans to revitalize the Jaycee Road and Trenton Avenue area. Mayor Jim Zucal told council that the city is getting a more than $1.5-million grant through ODOT’s Small City program. He says the project includes pavement […]

TUSCARAWAS CO. (WJER) (Aug. 18, 2025) – Students are getting back to the routines of going to bed and waking up early to catch the bus for the start of another school year. The Indian Valley School District already resumed classes last Wednesday – about a week earlier than everyone […]

COLUMBUS (WJER) (Aug. 15, 2025) – Some area school and government officials are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent State Supreme Court ruling involving Rover Pipeline money. Rover Pipeline LLC was trying to cut the taxable value of the pipeline in half by appealing to the Supreme Court. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 13, 2025) – State troopers say a service technician working on the tire of a disabled semi along US 250 east was seriously injured as he was hit by a passing flatbed truck that drifted off the right side of the road Tuesday. This happened just […]