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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 8, 2022) – The organization that matches youth in need of a mentor with student and adult volunteers is hoping to raise at least $65,000 with this year’s Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraisers. Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Ohio Development and Administration Director Monique […]

NEWCOMERSTOWN (WJER) (March 8, 2022) – Village leaders are looking beyond 2022 when it comes to the town’s finances. Fiscal Officer Lisa Stiteler has put together a 5-year Capital Improvement Plan based on the wants and needs of each department for council members to review. Mayor Pat Cadle says it’s […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 9, 2022) – Nobody was hurt when a pickup truck ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of a Dover school bus around 7 a.m. Tuesday. The State Highway Patrol reports the pickup truck driver, a 33-year-old man from Dover, was cited for failing to […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 9, 2022) – City Council Monday approved the city’s $71.3 million budget for 2022. Auditor Nicole Stoldt says the “big dollar items” planned for the coming year include traffic signalization and sidewalk projects headed by ODOT, storm sewer projects, and work on the riverfront park property. Stoldt […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA  (WJER) (Mar. 9, 2022) – The Tuscarawas County Engineer’s office is making drivers aware of its ever-changing list of road closures as we approach spring. The office announced the following roads are closed due to high water: CR 109 – Somerdale Road CR 105 – Dueber Road CR […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 8, 2022) – Communicable disease cases in Tuscarawas County hit a record high last year.  The Tuscarawas County and New Philadelphia health departments investigated just under 11,000 cases in 2021, or 3,000 more than in 2020. Jennifer Demuth is the director of health promotions and community relations […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 7, 2022) – The area’s fourth Youth Mental Health Night Tuesday will focus on strategies to help kids get through the pandemic. A health fair starts at 6 p.m. at Dover High School followed by a presentation by Joe Beckman, the author of “Just Look Up, Five […]

The Manor in Strasburg has hot, homemade meals for dine in and carry out. From their famous fried chicken to health-conscious choices like grilled shrimp and salmon, the Manor has a meal you’re sure to love. Open Tuesday through Sunday at 735 South Wooster Avenue in Strasburg. The Manor is […]

RUSH TOWNSHIP (WJER) (March 7, 2022) – Charges are pending against two men who led sheriff’s deputies on a chase in a stolen dump truck Friday evening. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Sergeant Bryan Patrick says it started when they arrived at a property on Watson Creek Road to investigate a tip […]