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JFS investigating stolen SNAP benefits

December 15, 2022

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 15, 2022) – Ohio Job and Family Services officials are trying to figure out who’s been stealing from unsuspecting food assistance recipients during what’s supposed to be the happiest time of the year.   Tuscarawas County JFS Director David Haverfield says EBT cardholders throughout the state and […]




Homeless shelter supporters take their case to New Phila Council

December 14, 2022

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (December 13, 2022) – The fate of a new homeless shelter rests with City Council. Friends of the Homeless representatives, supporters, employees, neighbors, and former shelter residents on Monday implored city officials to allow the construction of a new facility behind Preach the Word Ministries on state […]


School system to tear down former admin building

December 14, 2022

DOVER (WJER) (Dec. 14, 2022) – City school district officials are planning to demolish the district’s former administrative building on West Sixth Street and turn the land into a parking lot. Superintendent Karie McCrate says the decision comes after months of discussions with representatives from the Dover Historical Society representatives […]




Former church employee pleads guilty to aggravated theft

December 12, 2022

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 12, 2022) – A Dover woman is facing up to three years in prison after admitting in court to stealing more than $100,000 dollars from Strasburg’s St. John’s church.  Jodi Davis pleaded guilty to a bill of information charging her with a single count of aggravated […]



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Rollover ATV crash kills passenger, critically injures operator

December 12, 2022

SALEM TWP. (WJER) (Dec. 12, 2022) – The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office says one person died and another was seriously injured during a weekend ATV rollover crash on private property. The passenger in the side-by-side ATV, 21-year-old Ethan Huff of Sherrodsville, died at the scene. The operator, 21-year-old Mitchell Smith […]