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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 3, 2023) – The city fire department ended up bringing back the captain who got fired over domestic abuse allegations. Matt Graham filed a grievance against through the firefighters union after his termination last July. It went to an arbitrator, who called for his immediate reinstatement […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 29, 2023) – A pair of siblings and a member of the Tuscarawas County Rockets leadership council are among this year’s Better Together Award winners. TuscBDD announced the recipients during a pancake breakfast at Tuscora Park Tuesday morning. Jacob and Joshua Bennett and Jacob Bennett took […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 28, 2023) – Pinwheels are back on the steps leading into the county courthouse to remind passersby to be on the lookout for kids who are being abused or neglected.  The Noah’s Hope Child Advocacy Center’s “Pinwheels for Prevention” went up there this morning to kick […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 27, 2023) – The ADAMHS board is expanding its partnership with a Canton-based non-profit to create a local support system for people who’ve lost a loved one to suicide. They’re inviting everyone to their New Philadelphia headquarters next Thursday at 6 pm for a meet-and-greet with […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 22, 2023) – A former pastor from the Akron area has joined the team of caregivers at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital. 52-year-old Bill Oakley of Copley became the hospital’s resident chaplain on February 6th. He’s available by request to provide spiritual care and support to patients and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 21, 2023) – The Mill Township man charged alongside his uncle for the discovery of an accidental shooting victim’s body in his parked car will be spending the same amount of time behind bars. 37-year-old Michael P. Reynolds is three weeks into a 180-day jail stay […]

MAYOR: WE’RE NOT CLOSING THE POWER PLANT Dover Mayor Shane Gunnoe shot down rumors that city officials want to close Dover’s power plant. He said he doesn’t know where those rumors are coming from but they have persisted for at least a couple of years. Gunnoe says the city just […]

DUNDEE (March 20, 2023) – Wayne Township’s fire chief says the family that lost their home and a pet in a mid-day fire Friday was insured and has a place to stay. Josh Yoder says no one was hurt in the fire in the 69-hundred block of State Route 93 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 20, 2023) – The explosions people were hearing on the south side of the city this morning were apparently distraction devices officers set off during a multi-home drug raid. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says the commotion was so tactical teams could safely enter and search […]

NEW PHILADEPHIA (WJER) (March 17, 2023) – Tuscarawas Central Catholic junior Carson Norris has been earning praise for his recent visit to Washington, D.C. Norris and Strasburg’s Max Metz were among hundreds of people who spoke to legislators and their representatives last week about the impact of substance abuse on […]