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DOVER – The writer and star of the movie being filmed in the area grew up in New Philadelphia and is thrilled by the reception he has received in his return to Tuscarawas County. Brock Yurich wrote the screenplay for “Test” and has been working for nearly a decade to […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Buckeye Career Center students are finished building their latest house, and it’s up for auction on Tuesday, May 13. The 2025 Buckeye House is a custom-built brick ranch home at the end of a cul-de-sac at 560 Corral Drive NE, a block away from the vocational school […]

CARROLLTON (WJER) (May 12, 2025) – Carroll County authorities say that the suspect they were looking for who was wanted by U.S. Marshals is now in jail. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday that 42-year-old Joshua M. Middleton of the Canton area had been located and taken into custody. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WTUZ) (May 12, 2025) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is publicizing local enforcement results from Distracted Driving Awareness Month to prove that offenders are getting caught and ticketed. New Philadelphia Post Commander Lt. Johnnie Maier says his troopers issued 103 citations in April for distracted driving. Maier […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A Newcomerstown area woman was frauded out of nearly $20,000 this week. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Captain Adam Fisher says the investigation is ongoing, but it appears someone pretending to be from the Geek Squad emailed the woman. She called a phone number on that email and was […]

DOVER – The Kraton Corporation is closing its manufacturing site in Dover. The company, which makes specialty polymers and other products derived from pine chemicals, announced the pending closure Wednesday, describing it as part of a strategic realignment to streamline operations. https://kraton.com/newsroom/kraton-announces-decision-to-exit-dover-site-to-focus-on-core-business-growth/ Dover Mayor Shane Gunnoe says the move will […]

SUGARCREEK (WJER) (May 9, 2025) – Sugarcreek and Baltic now have the first community-based fire departments in the state of Ohio that can perform blood transfusions from an ambulance before a patient arrives at a hospital. Firefighters and others this week unveiled the program, made possible through the village councils […]

SHERRODSVILLE (WJER) (May 9, 2025) – The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office has still been asking for the public’s assistance in trying to track down a Canton area man who has been in and out of jail in Stark County on various drug charges over the years. Authorities on Thursday morning […]

DOVER – The city is embarking on one of its busiest summer construction seasons ever, with everything from pickleball courts to a 30-home subdivision to a $49 million manufacturing facility taking shape over the next few months. That manufacturing facility would be the 300,000-square-foot Schaeffler plant on the north side […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 6, 2025) – Voters in two Tuscarawas County school districts have rejected multi-million-dollar ballot issues that would have funded new facilities. In New Philadelphia, Issue 10, the combined $72-million, 5.9-mill bond issue and 1-mill tax levy for new PreK-6 and middle-high school buildings was defeated with […]