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BOLIVAR (WJER) (Nov. 23, 2022) – The State Highway Patrol says a crash scene involving a U.S. Postal Service box truck and three cars had I-77 completely closed in both directions at Bolivar for about a half hour Tuesday night. Troopers say it began when the northbound postal truck started […]
STRASBURG (WJER) (Nov. 22, 2022) – Council has approved Fire Chief Steven Laskey’s request to retire Engine 1203 and put the money toward a new multi-purpose vehicle. A company that sells used emergency response vehicles has agreed to pay $35,000 for the more than 20-year-old engine. Council authorized the sale […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 18, 2022) – The 2022 Tuscarawas County Woman of the Year is expressing her gratitude for the honor. The Dennison Depot named Janet Kemp of New Philadelphia as this year’s recipient of the title out of the five finalists in the running during a dinner at […]
DOVER (WJER) (Nov. 18, 2022) – Members of the local FOP chapter will again be delivering Christmas gifts to area children in a caravan of police cruisers. Tuscora Lodge President Bob Everett says this will be the 13th year for their Christmas with a Cop program where officers get to […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 16, 2022) – Police are still trying to figure out who shattered windows at multiple stores in and around New Towne Mall early Tuesday morning. Officers initially responded to an alarm activation call at 1:45 from the company monitoring Marshalls, where they found a broken window […]
New Philadelphia (WJER) (Nov. 15, 2022) – Firefighters say the cause of Monday morning’s kitchen fire at Burger King on Bluebell Drive remains under investigation. Captain Steven Wright says an employee there reported the fire just before 5:30 a.m. with smoke and flames visible in the kitchen. Wright says firefighters […]
NEWCOMERSTOWN (WJER) (Nov. 14, 2022) – A Newcomerstown Police captain will soon be leading the department. Opha Lawson Jr. is being promoted to chief beginning January 13th. Mayor Pat Cadle says Lawson is second-in-command to the department’s current chief, Gary Holland, who’s retiring after 13 years in the position. “[Chief […]
Under the direction of head coach Shawn Ciekanski, the Rockets finished the 2022 Flag Football season with a 9-0 record. They won five games during the regular season against tough teams from Union, Stark, Belmont, and Wood counties. However, it was on Nov. 12 at the Special Olympics Ohio State […]
DOVER (WJER) (Nov. 11, 2022) – Local firefighters are welcoming the cooler, rainy conditions in the forecast after responding to multiple brush fires throughout the area in recent days. Dover Fire Captain Mike Mossor is reminding residents that the state’s fall open burn ban is in effect in October and […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (November 9, 2022) – The trial of longtime Dover Mayor Richard Homrighausen started at 1 p.m. Wednesday in front of a jury of six men and six women. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Elizabeth Thomakos is overseeing the case. It will continue at 9 a.m. Thursday […]
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