Each year, approximately 800,000 people in the United States have a stroke and roughly 80% may be preventable with lifestyle changes and screening.A stroke occurs when normal blood flow to the brain is interrupted. The month sheds light on knowing the...

Thirty-seven area students were honored with the Ray A. Kroc Youth Achievement Award last week.The awards are named for the founder of McDonald’s and presented by local McDonald’s owners and operators Amy Ansel and Guy Cecchini.Ansel says this is the 43rd...

The demonstrators that have been staging rallies at the Tuscarawas County Courthouse have another one scheduled for Monday afternoon.A flyer dubs it the United We Stand Rally for Freedom, and the organizing coalition includes the Coexistence Movement, the...

The Uhrichsville Democratic Central Committee will meet on Monday, May 19th to fill a vacant council seat.Chair Martha Campbell says they have 45 days to fill the Ward 1 position."Matt Fox has resigned his seat so we need to meet as a Democrat Central...

The pilot in the April 1st fatal airplane crash in Mill Township was practicing maneuvers and did not make any emergency or distress calls prior to a spiraling nosedive into a field.The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board says...

Big Z Sports, which includes the WTUZ and WJER Sports department, was recently recognized by the OHSAA and the East District Athletic Board with the 2025 Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Media Service Award.Board member and Strasburg Athletic Director...

New Philadelphia officials are looking at the next round of enhancements to the Southside Community Park.Mayor Joel Day says phase 2 of the park's construction will pick up this year as the city seeks federal grants to finish the road to the high school...

The Strasburg School District is asking voters to upgrade their athletic facilities through a bond issue.Issue 11 on the May 6th ballot is a 3.6-mill, 30-year bond issue to raise 10 million dollars for athletic facility upgrades. It would cost homeowners...

Students had their opportunity to sharpen and show off skills and knowledge behind the wheel by competing in a series of maneuverability challenges and written tests.Teams from eight area high schools took part in the Tuscarawas County Health Department's...

The amount of time spent behind the wheel continues to increase across the nation.This is according to research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, which found that collectively, American's spend 70 billion hours behind the wheel.Public Relations...