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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 1, 2023) – The family of a missing Stark County woman now has some closure. DNA testing has confirmed that the decomposed remains discovered along North Orchard Road in Sandy Township on November 4th belonged to 27-year-old Katie Ann Fuller. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office made […]

DOVER (December 1, 2023) – Police believe somebody has been illegally hunting on city property by the water tower near the southern border. New Philadelphia Police initially received a call Tuesday afternoon about people hunting and shots heard behind residences on Hilltop Drive. Dover Police found a makeshift tree-stand on […]

DOVER (December 1, 2023) – There was a “reverse evacuation” at Dover Avenue Elementary yesterday just after 11 a.m. Principal Katie Nicholson sent a message to parents describing how fourth-grade students were brought back inside at recess time after an adult drove around the playground yelling out of the car […]

COLUMBUS (WJER) (Nov. 30, 2023) – A Carroll County law enforcement icon who passed away last year could soon have a road named in his honor.  The Ohio House on Wednesday passed a bill to designate state Route 39 between Dellroy and Carrollton Sheriff Dale R. Williams Memorial Highway. Representatives […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 29, 2023) – Organizers of a benefit concert at Kent Tusc Performing Arts Center for those impacted by the Tusky Valley charter bus tragedy are hoping to fill every seat and raise as much money as possible. Former Alive festival logistics and site manager Jim Kohl […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 28, 2023) – The Buckeye Career Center Foundation is accepting donations in memory of a beloved teacher to help graduating seniors continue their education. Longtime English and Language Arts instructor Shannon Wigfield lost her life in the Tusky Valley charter bus crash a couple of weeks […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 27, 2023) – We should know in the next few weeks if the New Philadelphia Highway Patrol Post’s end-of-year award recipients are in the running for statewide honors. The post’s Trooper of the Year for 2023 is Alex Carroll, and Dispatcher of the Year is William […]

BUCKS TOWNSHIP (WJER) (Nov. 27, 2023) – Authorities are investigating the death of a teen in what appears to have been an unfortunate accident.  Relatives called 911 just before 7 o’clock Saturday evening after finding the 14-year-old stuck inside a makeshift grain chute. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Captain Adam Fisher is […]

DENNISON (WJER) (Nov. 22, 2023) – Village officials are inviting everyone to take a festive drive or stroll through the downtown this weekend. Council member Vikki O’Hara says the businesses there are all decked out for the holiday season, which begins Sunday evening from 5:30 to 7 with the third […]