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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 22, 2023) – The First Christian Church has again started the Thanksgiving holiday feasting early for the valley. The church had its annual free Thanksgiving dinner distribution by delivery and curbside pick-up today. Lead Pastor Jamie Blickensderfer says they were relying on about 75 volunteers in […]

YOUNGSTOWN (WJER) (Nov. 22, 2023) – The congressman who represents Dover and New Philadelphia in Washington will be moving on. 6th District Representative Bill Johnson on Tuesday was named the next president of Youngstown State University. Johnson on X, formerly Twitter, announced he accepted the offer after much thought and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 21, 2023) – Organizers of last year’s Save Camp Piedmont fundraiser are turning their attention to one of the families impacted by the Tusky Valley charter bus tragedy. There’s a benefit coming up for Brynn Goedel, the student still hospitalized for injuries she sustained during the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (November 21, 2023) – The Tuscarawas County Dog Pound is doing everything it can to prevent a parvo outbreak after a puppy there tested positive for the highly contagious canine virus. Facility and adoption specialist Beth Lewis says the puppy was there Saturday night to Monday morning when […]

DOVER (November 20, 2023) – The city of has seen an increase in vehicle thefts and break-ins lately. Most recently, a vehicle was stolen and recovered early morning Monday Nov. 20. Officials didn’t immediately share many details, such as where and when it was stolen. After a couple of calls […]

Shannon E. Wigfield 46, of Bolivar Shannon died Tuesday, November 14, 2023, in Licking County. Born May 10, 1977, in Dennison, she was a daughter of Ronald L. and Susan Abbuhl of New Philadelphia.  She was a 1995 graduate of Claymont High School, a 2000 graduate of Ohio University and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 16, 2023) – City leaders will be ringing in the holiday season and showing off some new decorations during a ceremony on the square Friday evening. Mayor Joel Day says the most impressive is the 20-foot artificial Christmas tree that went up Monday on the corner […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 16, 2023) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell thinks authorities are close to confirming the identity of the human remains found in Sandy Township November 4th. A hunter discovered the decomposed body off North Orchard Road near Dover-Zoar Road that Campbell says appeared to have been […]

Wyatt Mosley, age 18, of Mineral City John Wyatt Mosely was called home to be with our Lord on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.  He was an amazing young man who was instrumentally and vocally talented.  He was very humble, caring, funny, intelligent, a very hard worker and seemed always to […]

ETNA – The National Transportation Safety Board Wednesday began what could be a 12 to 18 month investigation of Tuesday’s crash on I-70 that claimed the lives of three Tusky Valley students and three adults who were accompanying them on a trip. The students were on a charter bus and […]