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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 18, 2024) – The suspect in a voyeurism and child pornography case out of Dennison is heading to prison. Danny Quillin, 45, will spend the next 4 to 6 years behind bars for secretly recording minors in a state of undress with a cell phone he […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER)  school district voters haven’t seen the last of the bond issue that failed in November. The board of education last Monday passed the first of three resolutions needed to place the $72-million funding request onto the May 6th primary ballot. Superintendent Amy Wentworth says there’s another community […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 16, 2024) – Tuscarawas County’s Family and Children First Council is using grant money to help fight addition in our community.  The council received almost $157,000 from the OneOhio Foundation to create a new, two-year High Fidelity Wraparound Facilitator position. Manager Christi Otte says the addition […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Dec. 13, 2024) – Mayor Jim Zucal continues to advocate for a citywide rental property registry following Tuesday’s court ruling that the current one is unconstitutional. “It’s not uncommon in most cities. We want the land owners to be responsible for their properties so I, as mayor, support […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 13, 2024) – If all goes well, there will be a Chick-Fil-A on the west side of the city just over a year from now. That’s what Mayor Joel Day said during Monday’s city council meeting after requesting approval of a previously discussed five-year, 50-percent tax […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Dec. 12, 2024) – The city can no longer enforce its landlord registration ordinance. A rental property owner sued in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court over the 2020 ordinance, claiming the $50 per unit annual fee was an illegal and unconstitutional tax. Judge Elizabeth Thomakos agreed. In a […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 11, 2024) – Beginning next year, the city police department will no longer house inmates. Arrestees used to get locked up inside the police station until they sobered up, got transferred elsewhere, or made their initial court appearance. However, that stopped about a month ago when […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 11, 2024) – The community-wide scarf giveaways that take place each fall will continue after next year. Scarf Project volunteers have picked the duo of Aimee Rufener and Jeremy Sell to oversee future installments of the initiative. They’ll take over for project founder and coordinator Toni […]

ZOARVILLE (WJER) (Dec. 10, 2024) – Tusky Valley’s 50-north population will soon have a place of its own to grab lunch, socialize, and play games.    A group of area residents is working with the Tuscarawas County Senior Center to open a new satellite location at the former high school in […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 12, 2024) – The Port Washington man responsible for the crash that killed a buggy driver is hoping others will learn from his mistake. 68-year-old Benjamin Henry expressed his remorse on Monday during his sentencing in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court, also vowing to share his […]