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UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Oct. 5, 2023) – The Claymont Education Association has an event to meet the school board candidates this evening at 6:30 p.m. at the middle school. Two seats are up for grabs in the November 7th election. Current Claymont School Board Member Michelle Sproul is the only incumbent […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Oct. 5, 2023) – The six-month educational period ends today on the new distracted driving law in Ohio that bans most forms of cell phone usage behind the wheel. State Highway Patrol New Philadelphia Post Sgt. Brian Hawkins says violators will now get tickets. A first offense […]

DOVER (WJER) (Oct. 4, 2023) – Libraries across the country and here locally have been taking a stand against literary censorship. It’s Banned Books Week, an observance established more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Oct. 4, 2023) – The State Highway Patrol says a Newcomerstown woman was killed in a single vehicle crash on Township Road 108 in Oxford Township. Troopers say 43-year-old Kaliesha Cale died after her southbound SUV failed to negotiate a curve and traveled off the roadway, struck […]

DOVER – Law enforcement officials say scammers and hackers continue to get smarter and bolder while recently victimizing Tuscarawas County residents for tens of thousands of dollars. Two scams reported last month cost two Dover residents a total of $37,000 dollars. One resident reported getting fooled by a crypto-currency scam […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Oct. 3, 2023) – Tuscarawas County EMA Director Noah Porter is letting cell phone users know about the nationwide wireless alert system test that will take place Wednesday afternoon so they’re not caught off guard.  A test alert will go out at 2:20 pm that will cause […]

DOVER (WJER) (Oct. 3, 2023) – Dover police say the weekend shooting incident at a home in the 100 block of Regent Street appears to have stemmed from a domestic situation. Detective Captain Chad Mowrer says they believe the 30-year-old Dover man living at the home discharged a firearm that […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Oct. 2, 2023) – Twin City leaders have reached a settlement in their dispute over a longstanding agreement splitting the income taxes from Claymont High School. During Thursday’s Uhrichsville council meeting, members voted 4-to-3 to accept the offer from a mediation session in May to resolve Dennison’s lawsuit […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Oct. 2, 2023) – The new Miss Clayland is already getting more involved with the area. 21-year-old Brittney Putman of Grove City was crowned the 67th Miss Clayland out of 10 contestants at the scholarship pageant Saturday night at Claymont High School.  She’s a student at Ohio State […]

DOVER (WJER) (Oct. 2, 2023) – Pink decorations have been popping up around the community to remind passersby that mammograms save lives. The displays in front of area schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations are part of the Paint Tusc Pink campaign that Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital hosts for Breast Cancer […]