Local News

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 27, 2023) – The ADAMHS board is expanding its partnership with a Canton-based non-profit to create a local support system for people who’ve lost a loved one to suicide. They’re inviting everyone to their New Philadelphia headquarters next Thursday at 6 pm for a meet-and-greet with […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 22, 2023) – A former pastor from the Akron area has joined the team of caregivers at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital. 52-year-old Bill Oakley of Copley became the hospital’s resident chaplain on February 6th. He’s available by request to provide spiritual care and support to patients and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 21, 2023) – The Mill Township man charged alongside his uncle for the discovery of an accidental shooting victim’s body in his parked car will be spending the same amount of time behind bars. 37-year-old Michael P. Reynolds is three weeks into a 180-day jail stay […]

MAYOR: WE’RE NOT CLOSING THE POWER PLANT Dover Mayor Shane Gunnoe shot down rumors that city officials want to close Dover’s power plant. He said he doesn’t know where those rumors are coming from but they have persisted for at least a couple of years. Gunnoe says the city just […]

DUNDEE (March 20, 2023) – Wayne Township’s fire chief says the family that lost their home and a pet in a mid-day fire Friday was insured and has a place to stay. Josh Yoder says no one was hurt in the fire in the 69-hundred block of State Route 93 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 20, 2023) – The explosions people were hearing on the south side of the city this morning were apparently distraction devices officers set off during a multi-home drug raid. Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says the commotion was so tactical teams could safely enter and search […]

NEW PHILADEPHIA (WJER) (March 17, 2023) – Tuscarawas Central Catholic junior Carson Norris has been earning praise for his recent visit to Washington, D.C. Norris and Strasburg’s Max Metz were among hundreds of people who spoke to legislators and their representatives last week about the impact of substance abuse on […]

DENNISON (WJER) (March 16, 2023) – That seasonal ice-skating rink village officials have been talking about building is now a sure thing. Council got the ball rolling Wednesday evening, approving a revised construction quote for just under $112,000 at the recommendation of Mayor Greg DiDonato. “If I get the heads […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 16, 2023) – The Ten Commandments plaque that got taken down from a stairwell at Welty Middle School in response to a legal challenge from an atheist group is getting a new home.  New Philadelphia school leaders are donating the plaque that’s been in storage collecting […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 14, 2023) – We now know who authorities believe dumped the chemical that created a vapor cloud over the west end of New Philadelphia a couple of years ago. Glenn T. Long of Kingsville, Ohio, is charged in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court with inducing panic; […]