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DOVER (WJER) (August 6, 2024) – The city is issuing $3 million in bonds to buy the First Federal Bank building and renovate that and other city buildings. It’s part of the plan to move several departments a block north into the bank building while the police and fire departments […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (August 6, 2024) – A 22-year-old Canton woman died in a one-vehicle crash in Wayne Township early Tuesday morning. The New Philadelphia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol reports Kindra Owens was pronounced dead at the scene on County Road 98 just south of Township Road […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (August 5, 2024) – Ninety-eight dispensaries will begin selling marijuana for recreational use Tuesday, including just one in Tuscarawas County. The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control has issued a certificate of operation to Ratio Cannabis and lists its address as 1145 West High Avenue […]

MILL TOWNSHIP (WTUZ) (August 5, 2024) – Four people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning with one requiring helicopter transport. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, a deputy for the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office, Dennison and Uhrichsville fire personnel, and Smith Ambulance responded to the 10 a.m. collision on […]

DOVER (WJER) (August 2, 2024) – The city’s service department had their hands full this week with three water line breaks, the first causing a 25- to 30-foot plume of water to shoot into the air on Ohio Avenue near Tremont Street last Saturday. Service Director Dave Douglas praised the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (August 1, 2024) – Stuff the Bus is Friday and Saturday at the New Philadelphia Walmart, presented by the United Way of Tuscarawas County to help Harcatus Head Start Preschoolers. Susan Reidenbach with the United Way hopes people stop by from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. those […]

NEWARK (WJER) (August 1, 2024) – A Zanesville truck driver on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges in the November crash that killed three Tusky Valley students and three chaperones who were accompanying them on a band trip. Court records show 61-year-old Jacob McDonald is still in jail in Licking […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 30, 2024) – The driving force behind many improvements, concerts and additions at Tuscora Park was on hand this past weekend for a historical marker dedication. Sam Hitchcock was hospitalized at the end of May following a fall at the Canal Dover Festival. After several challenging […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 29, 2024) – The Dover man arrested last week for taking a 12-year-old girl from Georgia will remain in the Tuscarawas County Jail as officials sort out the charges and which jurisdictions will handle them. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell last week said 34-year-old Antonio Agustin […]

DOVER (WJER) (July 26, 2024) – A 12-year-old Georgia girl missing for eight weeks was found at the Dover swimming pool Thursday with a 34-year-old man who connected with her online. Hall County Georgia Sheriff Gerald Couch says Antonio Agustin of Dover drove to Gainesville, Ga., eight weeks ago, picked […]