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Planners break ground on Tuscora Park pickleball courts

August 8, 2022

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 […]


Man accused of sexually abusing child jailed without bond

August 8, 2022

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 […]


United Way asking for help restocking Head Start classrooms

August 5, 2022

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 […]


Former Uhrichsville employee drops age discrimination lawsuit

August 3, 2022

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 […]







Sheep shot as they grazed in a pasture in Sugarcreek

August 1, 2022

SUGARCREEK (WJER) (August 1, 2022) – Police say somebody shot three sheep as they grazed in a field overnight in Sugarcreek Township Friday. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says a Pleasant Valley Road resident called police just before 1 p.m. after finding one dead sheep and two injured ones, each […]