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DENNISON (WJER) (Nov. 25, 2022) – Mayor Greg DiDonato is expecting a big turnout for Sunday’s holiday lighting event and downtown cruise-in.  He says they’re more prepared for the event’s second installment that evening from 5 to 7:30 after underestimating the popularity of the first one last year. “The first […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 25, 2022) – We now know which property New Philadelphia school officials were trying to purchase as a new home for the district’s bus garage and maintenance building. It’s a 6,400-square-foot commercial building on three acres of land at 764 State Route 416, just past the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov 23, 2022) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says he’s proud of all the work that has gone into the county jail getting a perfect compliance score on its state inspection for the second year in a row. Campbell says a division of the Ohio Department […]

BOLIVAR (WJER) (Nov. 23, 2022)  – The State Highway Patrol says a crash scene involving a U.S. Postal Service box truck and three cars had I-77 completely closed in both directions at Bolivar for about a half hour Tuesday night. Troopers say it began when the northbound postal truck started […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (Nov. 22, 2022)  – Council has approved Fire Chief Steven Laskey’s request to retire Engine 1203 and put the money toward a new multi-purpose vehicle. A company that sells used emergency response vehicles has agreed to pay $35,000 for the more than 20-year-old engine. Council authorized the sale […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 18, 2022) – The 2022 Tuscarawas County Woman of the Year is expressing her gratitude for the honor. The Dennison Depot named Janet Kemp of New Philadelphia as this year’s recipient of the title out of the five finalists in the running during a dinner at […]

DOVER (WJER) (Nov. 18, 2022) – Members of the local FOP chapter will again be delivering Christmas gifts to area children in a caravan of police cruisers.   Tuscora Lodge President Bob Everett says this will be the 13th year for their Christmas with a Cop program where officers get to […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 16, 2022) – Police are still trying to figure out who shattered windows at multiple stores in and around New Towne Mall early Tuesday morning. Officers initially responded to an alarm activation call at 1:45 from the company monitoring Marshalls, where they found a broken window […]

New Philadelphia (WJER) (Nov. 15, 2022) – Firefighters say the cause of Monday morning’s kitchen fire at Burger King on Bluebell Drive remains under investigation. Captain Steven Wright says an employee there reported the fire just before 5:30 a.m. with smoke and flames visible in the kitchen. Wright says firefighters […]