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STRASBURG (WJER) (Jan. 29, 2024) – Village leaders are deciding whether to reset the speed limit on part of South Wooster Avenue.  During the last council meeting, Solicitor Terry Seeberger introduced legislation to repeal the ordinance declaring the section between 2nd and 9th streets a business zone that members passed […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Jan. 26, 2024) – Leaders in the Twin Cities may soon resolve their dispute over the income taxes from Claymont High School. During Thursday’s Uhrichsville City Council meeting, Law Director Jeff Merklin gave an update on Dennison’s lawsuit against the city for stopping its share of the taxes […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (Jan. 25, 2024) – Stray cats remain a hot topic in the village as officials try to figure out how to manage their numbers. Objections from residents and TNR advocates caused council to table a proposal that would have made it illegal to feed feral cats and other […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (January 24, 2024) – Captain Travis Stocker earned a new nickname from his peers in the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday: “the Hawk Whisperer.” Stocker rescued a hawk that got stuck in a garage in New Philadelphia. He says Sheriff Orvis Campbell asked for help with the […]

COLUMBUS (WJER) (Jan. 24, 2024) – The part of I-70 where three teens and three adults were killed in a fiery chain reaction crash last fall could soon become Tusky Valley Memorial Highway.  51st District State Representative Brett Hillyer has introduced a bill to do just that with his counterpart […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 23, 2024) – A grant from the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities will help meet needs here in Tuscarawas County. TuscBDD is getting $521,000 that Executive Director Nate Kamban says will fund multiple projects, the largest being renovating the preschool and sensory rooms at their Starlight […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 23, 2024) – Community leaders are remembering a former New Philadelphia mayor who passed away over the weekend. Greg Erb died Saturday at the age of 71 under the care of Community Hospice. He was New Philadelphia’s mayor from 1996 to 1999. At Monday night’s city […]

DENNISON (WJER) (Jan. 22, 2024) – Claymont school leaders are looking into harnessing the power of the sun to help lower the district’s electric bills. The board of education is seeking proposals to add solar panels to a field near the high school. Superintendent Brian Rentsch says Titan Energy is […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 18, 2024) – Police are asking for the public’s help tracking down the second suspect in last Friday’s shooting incident at a busy intersection. Fernando “Fey” Helena, 39, is wanted on multiple firearm-related charges for allegedly shooting a gun into the air out the windows of […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 18, 2024) – The local Ohio Department of Transportation office is sharing some safety reminders for anyone venturing out during this next winter storm. District 11 spokesperson Lauren Borell says you can keep yourself and others on the roads safe by slowing down and giving them […]