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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 8, 2024) – Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital Run for Home race weekend is a wrap for another year.   Race Director Matt Ritzert was very pleased with how it went for the Family Day races Saturday and the half marathon and team relay Sunday morning from Tuscora […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) The Little Theatre of Tuscarawas County has its yearly charity show this weekend. Kait Gallagher-Wilsterman is directing Saturday’s one-night-only variety show to benefit the Tuscarawas County TNR Project as determined by an online nomination and voting process. She says it usually brings in anywhere between $1,500 and […]

TUSCARAWAS CO. (WJER) (April 5, 2024) – Uhrichsville firefighters are having to ask drivers to keep their vehicles out of any high water that’s crossing roadways right now. Chief Judd Edwards says they got called to assist a driver whose car stalled in water at Tedrow Road Southeast and State […]

NEWCOMERSTOWN (WJER) (April 4, 2024) – The Tuscarawas County Health Department is promoting an opportunity to do some spring clean-up and eliminate a common source of mosquitos. Spokeswoman Jennifer Demuth says they’re hosting a scrap tire collection this Saturday beginning at 9 am outside of the Newcomerstown Street Department garage. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (April 4, 2024) – MWCD officials are letting everyone know the parks within the district are great places to check out Monday’s total solar eclipse. Spokesperson Adria Bergeron says Mansfield’s Charles Mill Lake and Pleasant Hill in Loudonville lie within the path of totality and still have […]

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 […]