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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 4, 2024) – The final countdown is on for everyone involved with this weekend’s Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital Run for Home activities from Tuscora Park. Race Director Matt Ritzert says registration will remain open until just prior to each event this weekend, including on Family Fun […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (April 3, 2024) – The Claymont and Tusky Valley school districts and the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center are receiving millions of dollars in state funding to open health centers on their campuses. The Tusky Valley Local School District recently announced a $2.28 million award to turn […]

Dover city officials have obtained funding help and are looking for more as they face millions of dollars in costs associated with the Schaeffler company’s huge expansion into the city. Schaeffler plans to invest 230-million-dollars in the construction of a manufacturing facility on Dover’s northern border. Mayor Shane Gunnoe Monday […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (April 3, 2024) – There’s some good news for Claymont Elementary parents. Uhrichsville Zoning and Code Enforcement Official Amy Myers participated in another preconstruction meeting for the Trenton Avenue project the week before last and believes they’ve come up with a way to minimize disruptions. “We were there […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 3, 2024) – The suspect who died following a confrontation with a sheriff’s deputy in New Philadelphia Sunday died from a gunshot injury. The Tuscarawas County Coroner released the cause of death Tuesday night after an autopsy by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. The coroner […]

DOVER TWP. (WJER) (April 3, 2024) – State troopers say a Strasburg woman died in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 77 in Dover Township Tuesday afternoon.  The victim was one of the drivers, 86-year-old Doris Webber. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says she was driving southbound and had used the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 3, 2024) – First responders are thankful Tuesday’s storms didn’t end up causing much damage in the area, even with the Tornado Warning issued for Tuscarawas County in the evening. The heavy rain though did result in flooding in different parts of the county. New Philadelphia […]

NEWCOMERSTOWN (WJER) (April 2, 2024) – The village is going to be home to a pickle producer. Vienna Beef Ltd. on Monday announced plans to open a pickle producing facility on Enterprise Drive in the former Caito Foods Service building. It will create 51 new jobs with a payroll of […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 2, 2024) – The Canton woman who lost her husband in a tragic crash on I-77 near Bolivar the December before last was in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Monday to confront his killer. Monica Peters didn’t wish any harm upon 54-year-old Craig Hanslik, saying instead […]

NEW PHILADEPHIA (WJER) (April 1, 2024) – Authorities late Monday afternoon had not yet reported the cause of death for a suspect in a “wild” series of events that spanned three crime scenes Sunday night. Detective Captain Adam Fisher with the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect, a 34-year-old […]