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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 23, 2023) – The driver in last summer’s deadly hit-and-run crash outside of a New Philadelphia apartment complex is now in the county jail awaiting transfer to a state prison. 23-year-old Justin Brill will spend a mandatory six years behind bars and up to 13-and-half total […]

DOVER (WJER) (June 23, 2023) – The city is taking another step toward welcoming a new housing subdivision on the north side of town. Mayor Shane Gunnoe outlined a plan for the project to pay back the city for all the infrastructure improvements needed to make the 30-home Crimson Cove […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (June 23, 2023) – City officials are trying to figure out how to recoup the cost of tearing down the house that went up in flames Tuesday evening. Fire Chief Judd Edwards called in an excavator that night to push the front of the house at 313 North […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 23, 2023) – The story of Schoebrunn Village, its residents, and their tragic demise returns to the stage at Trumpet in the Land Friday tonight. General Manager Margaret Bonamico says there’s been a lot of work going on behind the scenes as they prepare to open […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 21, 2023) – A 21-year-old Port Washington man is now facing formal charges for a rollover ATV crash in Salem Township that killed his passenger.  Mitchell Smith Jr. stood next to his attorney during his arraignment before Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Elizabeth Thomakos for […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (June 21, 2023) – Firefighters spent nearly six hours at the scene of a fire that destroyed a single-story home at 313 North Romig Street. It erupted just before 7 p.m. Tuesday night. Firefighters remained there until after midnight this morning. Flames could be seen extending in all […]

DOVER (WJER) (June 20, 2023) – There is an opening on City Council. At-large member Joe Sciarretti is resigning at the end of June because his family is moving out of Dover. Sciarretti says he’s leaving Council in good shape. “I wasn’t a part of some of the turmoil that […]

DOVER (WJER) (June 20, 2022) – Despite a well-thought-out request from a middle-schooler, Dover will not go back to allowing chickens in city limits. Last month, a 13-year-old resident asked council members if they would establish some new regulations to let him and others raise chickens. This month, a committee […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 20, 2023) – You no longer have to venture outside Tuscarawas County to dispose of unwanted tires. The City Health Department now accepts certain types of residentially generated tires by appointment, up to 10 per person per year. Environmental Health Director Zach Phillips says they can […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 19, 2023) – A Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court judge is deciding if a New Philadelphia man accused of shooting at his father is guilty of the charges against him. 28-year-old Timothy Robie has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to felonious assault and attempted […]