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Locally raised livestock brings in $52k at champions auction

August 5, 2024

COLUMBUS (WJER) (Aug. 5, 2024) – Two Tuscarawas County 4-H’ers earned top honors at the 2024 Ohio State Fair. Anniston Oszust had the Grand Champion Market Beef in Division 3. The cross-bred steer weighing just under 1,400 pounds brought in $40,000, the highest sale price in Sunday’s Champion Livestock Auction. […]


Three more drive-by shooting case co-defendants sentenced

July 31, 2024

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 31, 2024) – A drive-by shooting case with seven co-defendants is coming to a close. The three men in the vehicle with the gunman, driver, and supposed mastermind in the October 23rd shooting in New Philadelphia will each spend three years in prison for their involvement. […]





Puppy rescue prompts pet care reminder

July 17, 2024

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 17, 2024) – The Tuscarawas County Pound staff is urging everyone to spay and neuter their pets after taking in three litters of inbred puppies. Facility and Adoption Specialist Beth Lewis says a stray pickup the Friday before last became a rescue operation after the overwhelmed […]


Lyme Disease cases rising in Tuscarawas County

July 17, 2024

DOVER (WJER) (July 17, 2024) – The Tuscarawas County Health Department is sharing an urgent warning as local Lyme Disease infections soar to record levels. Communicable Disease Nurse Valerie Wallace says the 74 suspected cases reported to the agency between May 1st and the end of June is a 68-percent […]


State agency helping Dover schools assess facility needs

July 15, 2024

DOVER (WJER) (July 15, 2024)- As city property owners continue paying the bond issue that built the new high school, discussions are beginning about the future of the other buildings in the school system. The district has been working with the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission to assess the cost of […]


Grant buys body cam for every New Phila cop

July 15, 2024

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 15, 2024) – The city’s police officers are now sporting body-worn cameras. The police department received a grant to buy 30 of them that Chief Tessa Pohovey says have been in use for a couple of weeks now.  “So far, I”m really happy with them. I’ve […]


Renovated activity center debuts at Atwood Lake

July 15, 2024

MINERAL CITY (WTUZ) (July 15, 2024) – Atwood Lake Park is celebrating its newly renovated activity center. The space features an open area that can accommodate 158 people and a larger general store, with construction completed in roughly nine months. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Director Craig Butler was pleased with […]