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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 […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (August 2, 2022) – Firefighters had to battle pouring rain and hail, along with smoke and flames yesterday afternoon as they put out a house fire in the 400 block of Cross Street. Chief Justin Edwards says no people or pets were hurt, and crews extinguished the fire […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 1, 2022) – The 28-year-old Uhrichsville man whose decision to flee from a traffic stop two summers ago led to the crash that cost a friend his life is now awaiting his punishment. Larry A. Short is facing years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated […]

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 […]