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WTUZ/WJER/FFA Collecting Toys for Share-A-Christmas
Z Country and The Voice of The Valley are joining forces to help brighten the holiday season for local families. Here at WTUZ, we’re collecting new, unwrapped toys for the local Share-A-Christmas program today from 8 am to 4 pm. T4C oversees the initiative...
Highest Opening Day for Ohio’s Deer Gun Season
Hunters were busy on Ohio’s opening day of deer gun season.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources opened the week-long hunt on Monday and across Ohio, hunters checked 26,667 white-tailed deer. This is the highest opening day since 2012’s total of over...
Kids Coats Available at Tuscarawas County JFS
Free kids’ coats are available from the local JFS office while supplies last. The agency received over 240 coats in various sizes from the organization Operation Warm to distribute to families in need.Eligibility supervisor Debbie Whitney says that’s about...
Donate Deer to Feed the Hungry
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is again supporting food banks throughout the state during this deer season. With the seven-day deer gun season running through Sunday, ODNR’s Brian Banbury encourages hunters to consider donating their harvested...
Living History Program at Local Library
In a program titled “Peter Cratchit: All Grown Up”, Chris Hart will speak as Peter, the eldest Cratchit child, now grown up with a family of his own, to share what has happened to all the characters so richly created by Charles Dickens in A Christmas...
Dover Library Hosting Fit for Life Program
Registration opened on December 1st for the winter session of the Fit for Life program, which will be offered at the Dover Public Library by Dr. Timothy McKnight and his staff from the Trinity Hospital Twin City Medical Center.The goal of this 12-week...
Local Organizations Seeking Donations on This Giving Tuesday
It’s Giving Tuesday, a global campaign to support non-profits in local communities. Many local agencies are seeking contributions today. Friends of the homeless of Tuscarawas County board president Joe Svancara says they’re raising funds for the new...
Health Insurance Open Enrollment Available
Anyone in need of health insurance or those wanting to make a change can do so during the open enrollment period.To ensure coverage begins or continues at the start of 2025, the deadline is December 15th.CMS Regional Administrator Shannon Hills says it’s a...
Deer Gun Season Begins in Ohio
Ohio’s weeklong deer gun hunting season begins Monday, Dec. 2nd.An additional deer gun weekend follows on Dec. 21-22, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.Hunters harvested over 95,000 deer during all 2023 gun...
Patrol Announces Trooper, Dispatcher of the Year
Two employees at the local highway patrol post are being recognized by their peers.The New Philadelphia’s 2024 Trooper of the Year is Seth Oszust of Bowerston. He joined the highway patrol in 2012, previously working at the Canton and Steubenville posts,...
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