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Dehumidifier blamed for house fire in Dover Township

September 12, 2025

DOVER TWP.  (WJER) (Sept. 12, 2025) – Dover firefighters are crediting a neighbor for reporting a house fire to 9-1-1 in the 1600 block of Pleasant Hill Road Northwest Thursday. This happened at about 3:45 p.m.  There were no injuries. Fire Captain Mike Mossor says the woman who lives there […]





Grand jury indicts Millersburg woman for son’s drowning death

September 5, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 5, 2025)  – A grand jury has now indicted the mother jailed for the drowning death of her four-year-old son at Atwood Lake on August 23rd. The charges in the new seven-count indictment against 40-year-old Ruth Miller of Millersburg include aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, endangering […]


Wednesday fire heavily damages Goshen Township house

September 4, 2025

GOSHEN TWP (WJER) (Sept. 4, 2025) – New Philadelphia firefighters say a fire caused about $150,000 in damage to a house in the 200 block of Fork Road Southeast Wednesday afternoon. Nobody was injured. Fire Captain Robert Snyder says a neighbor working outside discovered it shortly before 4 p.m. and […]


Driver cited for causing crash into Hog Heaven of Dover

September 3, 2025

DOVER (WJER) (Sept. 3, 2025) – State troopers say the pickup truck that crashed into the front of the Hog Heaven of Dover restaurant Labor Day afternoon was not the at-fault vehicle. Trooper Matthew Clapper Says the Ram 3500 pickup truck that hit the restaurant swerved to avoid an oncoming […]


New Philadelphia to hold first annual Multicultural Festival

September 2, 2025

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 2, 2025) – Mayor Joel Day is inviting the public to the first New Philadelphia Multicultural Festival in the city’s downtown this weekend. Day says the NPact non-profit organization is hosting the free event from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday outside the Lacey Performing Arts Center […]


Swatting call to Dover home under investigation

August 29, 2025

DOVER (WJER ) (Aug. 29, 2025) – A Thursday evening police call about a shooting at a Dover home turned out to be fake. Detective Captain Chad Mowrer described it as a swatting call, a prank where someone calls 9-1-1 and makes up a story to get police to show […]