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NEWCOMERSTOWN (WJER) (Jan. 13, 2025) – Newcomerstown firefighters are reminding everyone to use extreme caution around bodies of water in freezing conditions. The village fire department was called to the River Street bridge area for two men whose small boat became stuck in ice on the Tuscarawas River shortly before […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Jan. 6, 2025)  – The Ohio Department of Transportation is asking drivers to allow plenty of time to get to their destinations this morning as the snow falls. All the roads have snow on them right from the overnight storm, some a lot worse than others.  Traffic […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA – (WJER) (Dec. 27, 2024) – The suspect accused of attacking the clerk during a robbery attempt at the Dover Speedway on South Wooster Avenue this month now faces formal charges. A Tuscarawas County Grand Jury has handed down a five-count indictment, all felonies, against 39-year-old John A. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 27, 2024) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s officials say a Newcomerstown man was injured after crashing his vehicle and rolling it over several times at the end of a high-speed pursuit that started on the west side of New Philadelphia. A deputy says it began when he […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 26, 2024)  – State troopers say two people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being thrown from their minivan in a single-vehicle crash along Johnstown Rd. NE near Dover at about 12:45 this morning. New Philadelphia Post Sgt. Brian Hawkins says the minivan went off the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) – A grand jury will consider formal charges against the suspect in last week’s Speedway gas station robbery in Dover where the clerk was attacked. 39-year-old John A. McNutt waived his preliminary hearing in New Philadelphia Municipal Court Wednesday on charges from a criminal complaint including attempted […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 16, 2024) – Local Salvation Army officials are both hopeful and uncertain entering the final stretch of their Red Kettle campaign. Captain Andrew Behr says their biggest yearly fundraiser is currently only at about 25 percent of its $100,000 goal. He says they could have to […]

MILL TWP.  (WJER) (Dec. 11, 2024) – Dennison firefighters say a garage was gutted in an early morning blaze. No other structures were damaged and there were no injuries. Chief Dave McConnell says they were dispatched to 152 North Wardell St. at 4:48 a.m. “It was basically a one-stall detached […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 11, 2024) – We’re learning more about the robbery incident at the Dover Speedway gas station on South Wooster Avenue Monday Evening which left the clerk injured. The Tuscarawas County Prosecutor’s Office has now filed a five-count criminal complaint against 39-year-old John A. McNutt of Dover. […]

DOVER – (WJER) (Dec. 10, 2024) – Dover Police say a clerk at the Speedway gas station on South Wooster Avenue was injured during an attempted robbery Monday evening. According to a press release, the female clerk called police to report she had been struck in the head during the […]