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UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (May 24, 2023) -The city waterpark usually re-opens for Memorial Day weekend, but not this year. Mayor Mark Haney says a leak they discovered after filling the pool forced them to push opening day back a week to next Saturday.  “We noticed we were losing a little bit […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 24, 2023) – Leaders in two local communities have been recognizing first responders who went above and beyond the call of duty during life-and-death emergencies. During Monday’s New Philadelphia City Council meeting, Mayor Joel Day publicly commended three police officers for rescuing a woman from an […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 23, 2023) – Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Ohio is honoring and recognizing success stories within the organization for a local milestone. President Beverly Pearch says the group has its annual Celebration of Potential event this evening at Buckeye Career Center where they will […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 22, 2023) – The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent road rage incident where a man on a motorcycle reportedly flashed a gun at a female driver. Sheriff Orvis Campbell says the woman reported the incident on Stonecreek Road Southwest in New Philadelphia Friday […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 22, 2023) – The organization that handled emergency calls in Newcomerstown for decades until losing its nonprofit status will cease to exist after next Wednesday.  That’s the court-imposed deadline for the Newcomerstown Emergency Rescue Squad to stop providing fire protection, ambulance, and emergency response services. Tuscarawas […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (May 18, 2023) – City leaders have taken the first step toward eliminating a few more eyesores around town. Council last week authorized the demolition of three vacant houses for property maintenance code violations. That was after Service Director Belle Everett passed around photos of the houses, which […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (May 17, 2023) – Voters won’t be seeing the 3.7-mill police levy they turned down in the past two elections in the next one. Village leaders are instead planning to ask them to replace the 1.5-mill police equipment levy that expires after this year with an added point-8 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 16, 2023) – The New Philadelphia High Patrol Post is investigating the theft of a catalytic converter in broad daylight this morning from the Park and Ride at West High and Route 39. Trooper Travis Atkins says someone who works nearby spotted the thieves in the act […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 16, 2023) – The Tuscarawas County Board of Elections has certified the results of the May 2nd primary with one outcome change. Director Gail Garbrandt says during Monday’s certification there were 16 provisional ballots and eight additional mail-in ballots from throughout the county added to the […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (May 15th, 2023) – Firefighters from Strasburg and neighboring departments spent much of the weekend battling fires at the Sugarcreek Shavings heating pellets plant on Hilltop Drive NW. Firefighters were on scene for more than two hours Saturday afternoon and another eight hours Sunday. They returned for flames […]