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Body found on Towpath bridge in Zoar, suicide suspected

August 16, 2023

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 16, 2023) – Tuscarawas County’s sheriff says his office is investigating the discovery of a man’s body along the Towpath Trail in Zoar Tuesday as a suicide. Orvis Campbell says a female on the Towpath called 911 just after 4 p.m. reporting that she could see […]



Soccer: Dover girls open with rout of Fairless

August 14, 2023

The Dover girls soccer team kicked off its season with a 7-1 home victory over Fairless Saturday. Carley Noretto scored four goals for the Crimson Tornadoes. Abby Jones, Ansley Bollon, and Cashlyn Harmon also scored. Goalie Elizabeth Lane had three saves. Dover heads to St. Clairsville on Tuesday night for […]



Dover’s Council clerk moving into Council seat

August 11, 2023

DOVER (WJER) (August 11, 2023) – The city’s council clerk for the past 15 years is soon going to have a vote on City Council. The Tuscarawas County Republican Party Central Committee Thursday appointed Julie Leggett to fill a vacant council-at-large position. She’ll be sworn in Aug. 21. Leggett has […]





Dog found abandoned in crate turned over to humane society

August 8, 2023

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 8, 2023) – The Tuscarawas County Humane Society is investigating another animal abandonment case. Someone apparently left a young pitbull-type dog in a crate along Crooked Run Road that a passerby found Monday afternoon and brought to the county dog pound. Facility and Adoption Specialist Beth […]