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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 29, 2022) –  Fire Chief Jim Parrish says one person is dead following an early morning multi-tenant house fire downtown in the 200 block of Allen Lane Southwest. “We do have a fatality but we’re not releasing a name or information right now,” said Parrish.  The […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Nov. 28, 2022) – The city is losing another auditor. Becky Carpenter is stepping down on December 31st after almost a year of managing the city’s finances. She read a letter explaining her reasons during last week’s city council meeting. “There hasn’t been an increase in eight years […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 28, 2022) – Area churches are displaying their generosity for others in need across the globe. New Philadelphia First Christian Church Pastor Jim Borton says families there recently came together to pack shoeboxes with gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse organization’s Operation Christmas Child program. “This is […]

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 […]