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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 17, 2022) – The New Philadelphia Highway Patrol Post is continuing to investigate a fatal single-vehicle crash on Seven Mile Drive Friday night. Sgt. Gary Wolfe says 65-year-old Barton Luff of New Philadelphia was pronounced dead following the crash that happened just north of the city […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 15, 2022) – The man who got pelted with beanbags and taken down by a K9 following an armed confrontation with law enforcement will be spending three years in prison. That’s the sentence prosecutors recommended for 31-year-old Ryan Leeper and the one Tuscarawas County Common Pleas […]

LAWRENCE TWP – Fireworks will light up the sky over Route 212 between Zoar and Bolivar Saturday night to cap off a community-wide day of giving.  Zoar View Investments owners Kyle and Samantha Quillen are putting on the display from their home near the Zoar Golf Club and have invited […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 15, 2022) – A Uhrichsville man will be spending four to six years in prison for a violent home invasion. That’s the punishment 32-year-old Cody Boles received for the February 19th incident in New Philadelphia where he reportedly barged into a couple’s home, attacked the husband, […]

MIDVALE (WJER) (July 14, 2022) – Some of the village’s water customers don’t seem too thrilled about the possibility of officials selling the system to a private company.  A couple hundred of them packed into Midvale Elementary Wednesday evening to hear from the only prospective buyer so far, Aqua Ohio, […]

DENNISON (WJER) (July 14, 2022) – Tuscarawas County’s wildlife officer says bears sighted in the area are more afraid of you than you are of them. However, these bears don’t seem to be afraid of the camera. Mike Budd says black bear sightings in Tuscarawas County are not unusual, but […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 13, 2022) – A city man remains behind bars following his arrest in a child sex abuse case. 59-year-old Jeffrey Pringle is charged in a criminal complaint filed in Municipal Court Tuesday with rape and gross sexual imposition. It alleges that the crimes involved two juvenile […]

DENNISON (WJER) (July 13, 2022) – More students will be graduating from Claymont High School with honors in the coming years. Incoming freshmen will be able to earn one of three merit-based distinctions at graduation following the board of education’s decision to adopt the Latin Honor System for that class […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 13, 2022) – Officials with the group previously known as the county’s anti-drug coalition are expressing appreciation and highlighting the benefits of a federal grant to prevent teen drug abuse. Empower Tusc is receiving its fourth annual installment of $125,000 as part of the five-year Drug […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 12, 2022) – There won’t be a jury trial for the man who got pelted with beanbags and taken down by a K9 following an armed confrontation with law enforcement. 31-year-old Ryan Leeper was scheduled to be tried in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court this week […]