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DOVER (WJER) (Sept. 12, 2022) – The Tuscarawas County Literacy Coalition’s 2022 One Book One Community reading project is getting underway. Coalition Treasurer Jim Gill says activities based on this year’s selection – “Kent State” by Deborah Wiles – will be taking place throughout the county in the coming weeks. […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Sept. 12, 2022) – It’s been a very active 24 hours for the city fire department. Fire Captain Wes Dillon says they were first called to the Wendy’s restaurant near McCauley Drive just before 7 a.m. Sunday for an appliance fire. He says upon arrival they saw heavy […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (September 9, 2022) – Three weeks into his tenure as president of Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital, Dr. Thomas Rogers outlined his priorities: recruiting and retaining health care workers and keeping Union’s focus as a community hospital. Rogers spoke to the Chamber of Commerce at Buckeye Career Center […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 8, 2022) – The fate of the 19-year-old accused of killing his infant son by leaving him in a hot car for hours is now in the hands of grand jurors. Landon Parrott is charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, and endangering children in a criminal complaint […]

DOVER (WJER) (Sept. 8, 2022) – Tuscarawas County Health Department officials are now administering the updated COVID booster shots that protect against newer omicron variants. Health Department Nursing Director Amy Kaser says appointments can now be scheduled for the updated boosters. The shots will also be offered at a clinic […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 7, 2022) – The Newcomerstown man who set his house on fire two years ago is heading to prison. 37-year-old Lance Barrington will spend two to three years behind bars for igniting the September 20th blaze that gutted his East Main Street home. Assistant County Prosecutor […]

AKRON (WJER) (September 7, 2022) – Federal prosecutors have charged eight men with operating a sophisticated drug trafficking organization that they say has supplied cocaine in Wayne, Stark, and Tuscarawas counties for at least the past 15 years. The U.S. Department of justice this week announced the charges against the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (September 7, 2022) – The state auditor’s office has accused suspended Dover Mayor Richard Homrighausen of pocketing fees from over 200 weddings. One of those weddings was the 2014 ceremony for acting Mayor Shane Gunnoe. Homrighausen has a Sept. 20 jury trial scheduled as he faces nine […]