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BCC to close its doors

NEW PHILADELPHIA - Buckeye Career Center Superintendent Bob Alsept said in a press release Friday that the Career Center will be closing its doors in response to Gov. Dewine’s announcement that all schools should close from…

TCJFS remains open

*AS OF MARCH 12, 2020* NEW PHILADELPHIA - Tuscarawas County Job & Family Services issued a press release stating their office will remain open amid the current Coronavirus emergency. They say the agency will remain open, but…

Important Corona-based Courthouse and County Office updates 

NEW PHILADELPHIA - Per Gov. Dewine’s Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency, the Tuscarawas County Commissioners ordered the closing of the Courthouse and County Office Building from March 17th to April 6th. The…

TCJFS closed to public, services still available

NEW PHILADELPHIA - The County Commissioners have closed all county buildings to the public, but Tuscarawas County Job & Family Services is still operating with employees inside the building. The public cannot enter the…

Fire at Freddy’s is a total loss

DOVER (WJER) - Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers in Dover is a total loss as the result of a fire Thursday morning. A passerby first reported the restaurant fire along North Wooster Ave. at 4:30 a.m. Dover Fire Captain…

Just Stay Home: A presumptive case of COVID-19 in Tusc. County with more expected.

It’s time to get serious about COVID-19. Not scared, not short-sighted, but serious.  Last Saturday, The Tuscarawas County Health Department received the first “presumptive positive” test result for coronavirus COVID-19 from…

Uhrichsville man charged with attempted rape

COSHOCTON - Russell L. Carpenter, 27, of the Uhrichsville area has been officially charged with 1st Degree Felony Attempted Rape says the Coshocton County Sheriff’s office. On Monday, March 2nd, the Sheriff’s Office began…

BCC wraps 8th-grade Career Carnival

NEW PHILADELPHIA – Nearly 1,300 area students from Tuscarawas, Carroll, and Holmes Counties embarked on Buckeye Career Center during the week of March 2-6, 2020 for BCC’s annual Career Carnival.  The students were given the…