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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 14, 2023) – The high school gym is on track to have air conditioning in time for Quaker fall volleyball season. Superintendent Amy Wentworth says this week crews have been using that crane at the high school to remove the old units. In the next week […]

DOVER (WJER) (June 14, 2023) – The Tuscarawas County Health Department is recognizing Pet Emergency Preparedness Month in June through advice and giveaways. Spokeswoman Jennifer Demuth says they encourage owners to have a pet disaster kit ready for power outages or having to shelter in place a few days. She […]

PITTSBURGH, PA (WJER) (June 14, 2023) – The New Philadelphia man charged in a federal drug trafficking investigation involving a Pennyslvania-based motorcycle gang will serve more than five years in prison. 56-year-old Phillip Bonanno will spend 70 months behind bars for conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 14, 2023) – New Philadelphia Mayor Joel Day is publicly recognizing three sanitation workers for going out of their way to help a former city official. During Monday’s city council meeting, Day commended Kyle Doran, Ray Morrow, and Brody Barbee for stopping the truck during pickups […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 13, 2023) –   A local woman will spend 5 to 7.5 years in prison for selling drugs in Dover and Uhrichsville. That’s the punishment prosecutors recommended for 35-year-old Chasity Guzman and the one both of Tuscarawas County’s Common Pleas Court judges imposed Monday. The time […]

DOVER (WJER) (June 13, 2023) – The Dover Board of Education has a tight time frame by the end of the month to fill a vacancy. Bob Everett, who was recently hired as director of safety and security at Buckeye Career Center, has resigned from Dover’s school board after legal […]

LAWRENCE TWP (WJER) (June 12, 2023) – There’s a new miniature golf course in the area. It’s outside of Bolivar behind the Wilkshire Event Center. Owner Bob Smith came up with the idea while brainstorming ways to use the rest of the property and teamed up with Pennsylvania-based Harris Golf […]

DOVER (WJER) (June 12, 2023) – The Board of Education is scheduled to approve the resignation of one of its members Monday. June Agenda It’s Bob Everett, who was recently hired as the director of safety and security at Buckeye Career Center. Everett was elected to the Dover School Board […]

TUSCARAWAS (WJER) (June 12,2023) – Village residents are still being asked to take precautions with their water supply, but the mayor says faulty testing is possibly to blame for recent water samples that tested high for lead. Dana Moore says testing is continuing this week as officials search for a […]