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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 19, 2023) – Indian Valley FFA students have been getting to serve as Santa’s helpers this week. More than 55 of the kids were involved with the toy distribution at New Towne Mall today for families in the Share-A-Christmas program. The students were responsible for sorting […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 19, 2023) – Firefighters spent the morning battling a blaze that caused extensive damage to a home on the northeast side of town. Assistant Fire Chief Matt Tharp didn’t have a cost estimate but said the resident of the home in the 500 block of Third […]

ZOARVILLE (WJER) (Dec. 15, 2023) – The Tusky Valley school campus will include a primary care facility if a grant application the district filed in November is successful.  Officials want to put one in what’s now the elementary building when it becomes a community center next year. Superintendent Derek Varansky […]

RUSH TWP (WJER) (Dec. 14, 2023) – No one was seriously injured in the chain reaction crash that had state Route 800 closed in both directions through Stillwater for about 3 and a half hours this/Thursday morning. New Philadelphia Post Trooper Matthew Clapper says the 6 am crash involving a […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 14, 2023) – It appears Tuscarawas County’s homeless shelter will stay on East High Avenue. The Friends of the Homeless organization now plans to build and expand at that location after recently taking ownership of the property. First Presbyterian Church Pastor Joe Svancara says the church […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 14, 2023) – Firefighters say a single-story home is a total loss following an overnight blaze. Captain Bert Snyder says the cause is under investigation. He says a resident of the home in the 300 block of 2nd Dr. NW reported the fire just before 3 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 13, 2023) – Four of the seven co-defendants in a drive-by shooting case out of New Philadelphia remain in jail after pleading not guilty to attempted murder, felonious assault, and gun charges 19-year-olds Riley Adams and Gavin Kurtz were arraigned by video Tuesday before Tuscarawas County […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – City council has approved seven percent or higher raises for about 41 administrators and non-union positions. The 4-1 vote Monday for the one-year pay bump came about a month and a half after members shot down a three-year contract with seven percent raises each year. Two members […]

WARWICK TWP (WJER) (Dec. 13, 2023) – The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting incident. No foul play is suspected. Initial call records indicate it was reported as an accidental shooting that happened when the 62-year-old victim was cleaning his handgun. The incident was reported in the […]

ZOARVILLE (WJER) (Dec. 12,2023) – Tusky Valley school board members are keeping their thoughts and prayers directed toward those impacted by last month’s band trip turned tragic. That’s what President Dick Gooding said in a prepared statement he read during the board’s first regularly scheduled session since the chain reaction […]