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DOVER (WJER) (February 22, 2022) – Mayor Richard Homrighausen says he won’t be pressured into resigning despite an online petition and residents’ comments at City Council’s meeting Monday. Homrighausen is already working with a City Council that unanimously wants him to go. Members allege a host of unethical and illegal […]

DOVER (WJER) (February 21, 2021) – An Administrative Law Judge for the State Personnel Board of Review is asking Dover Mayor Richard Homrighausen to explain why he fired three employees in December. Dover City Council and Law Director Doug O’Meara had worked out a settlement with those three employees. They […]

COLUMBUS (WJER) (Feb. 21, 2022) – Tuscarawas County’s representative in the Ohio House is promoting a scholarship opportunity for the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators.   Brett Hillyer says a student from each of the state’s 99 House and 33 Senate districts will receive $1,000 toward their future educational pursuits […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 21, 2022) – Flowers won’t be the only thing popping up around the valley next spring if fundraising for the Tuscarawas Arts Partnership’s latest project is successful. The organization is seeking grants and donations to fund a countywide public art initiative called “LoveTusc” that strives to […]

DOVER (WJER) (February 18, 2022) – The mayor has vetoed City Council’s plan to bring back three employees he fired. Mayor Rick Homrighausen is also moving to intervene in those employees’ appeal of their terminations before the State Personnel Board of Review. In filings with the review board, Homrighausen claims […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 18, 2022) – Dennison is taking its dispute with the City of Uhrichsville over a decades-old tax sharing agreement to court. Attorneys representing the village filed a civil complaint in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Friday afternoon alleging breach of contract and requesting $18,000 in damages […]

WAYNE TWP (WJER) (Feb. 18, 2022) – A four-year-old is continuing to recover from a dog attack in his grandparents’ Dundee area home. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Deputy Alex Shaffer says the grandmother had been watching the child in the sunroom late Wednesday afternoon when the couple’s dog – an 18-month-old […]

DENNISON (WJER) (Feb. 18, 2022) – First responders haven’t just been rescuing drivers stuck in high water since Thursday. Dennison Fire Chief Dave McConnell says they were called out around 9 a.m. Friday to a couple of Taylor Avenue homes near Little Stillwater Creek where flooding is affecting the Thornwood […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 18, 2022) – First responders have been out having to help drivers stranded in high water across roadways. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office has logged over a half-dozen of these incidents since Thursday night. No injuries have been reported. State Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Bower says […]