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COLUMBUS (WJER) (Aug. 10, 2022) – Tuscarawas County United Way officials got to spend time with a living legend at a luncheon celebrating the success of Ohio’s Imagination Library.  President Robin Waltz and Community Relations Director Susan Reidenbach traveled to Columbus Tuesday for the private gathering hosted by Ohio First […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (August 10, 2022) – The case of a man accused of dumping a woman’s body in Goshen Township last October likely will continue for at least the next several weeks after he was assigned a new public defender. Daniel Fitzgerald, 38, formerly of Akron, and his appointed […]

CLAY TOWNSHIP (WJER) (August 8, 2022) – A 64-year-old man died from injuries he sustained after falling off a ladder while using a chainsaw Sunday morning, according to a press release from the Arrowhead Joint Fire District. The man’s name and details regarding injuries are being withheld to protect the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 8, 2022) – Construction crews are getting to work on the newest addition slated for Tuscora Park. City officials, members of the Tuscora Park Foundation, and players with the T-County Pickleball Club took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on Monday on four new pickleball courts […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 8, 2022) – The suspect in a child sex abuse case will be staying locked up ahead of his trial. 33-year-old Clifford Sutton Jr. of Uhrichsville remains in the Tuscarawas County Jail after Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Ernest granted the state’s request to have him […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 5, 2022) – A HARCATUS school bus will be parked outside the New Philadelphia Walmart today and tomorrow for the local United Way’s yearly school supply drive. Community Relations Coordinator Susan Reidenbach says they’re trying to pack it full of items preschoolers enrolled in the Head […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Aug. 3, 2022) – The city has resolved its legal dispute with the former employee who claimed he was discriminated against because of his age. Jeffrey Morris has dropped the civil complaint he filed in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court last October alleging mistreatment by Service Director Belle […]

OXFORD TOWNSHIP (WJER) (August 3, 2022) – A tense overnight standoff in the Newcomerstown area ended this morning with sheriff’s deputies shooting and critically injuring the suspect. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says deputies responded to a call around 3:30 a.m. for a mental health issue involving a 36-year-old man […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 3, 2022) – Tuscarawas County Board of Elections officials are happy with participation in the state’s second primary that took place Tuesday even if the numbers appear low. Director Gail Garbrandt says more than 4,000 ballots were cast, including nearly 3,200 on election day. “There was […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Aug. 2, 2022) – Mayor Mark Haney says the grace period is over for truckers who’ve been cutting across town to bypass the highway.  He has instructed police to begin ticketing the drivers of thru trucks along the Water Street Extension. “I was out there while they were […]