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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Oct. 9, 2023) – An anonymous tip helped authorities catch the local man who went on the lam after signing himself out of the Eastern Ohio Correction Center in Wintersville. The tipster contacted New Philadelphia Police around 6 o’clock Sunday evening after spotting 38-year-old Brian Mosher in […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Oct. 9, 2023) – The State Highway Patrol says two people were killed in a motorcycle crash that appears to have happened several hours before it was discovered this morning on state Route 800 in Dover Township. The motorcycle operator was 42-year-old Cory Herron of Dover. His […]

MINERAL CITY (WJER) (Oct. 5, 2023) – The changing foliage won’t be the only thing driving people to Atwood Lake over the next few days.  The park’s yearly fall festival kicks/kicked off Friday/this morning and runs through Sunday. There’s a schedule on the Atwood Area Fall Festival Facebook page for […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (Oct. 5, 2023) – Another local school system is getting a resource officer. The Strasburg-Franklin district will have a regular police presence beginning the week of October 23rd. Village Mayor Steve Smith says Police Chief Dave Warrick plans to hire someone from outside the department but will fill […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Oct. 5, 2023) – The Claymont Education Association has an event to meet the school board candidates this evening at 6:30 p.m. at the middle school. Two seats are up for grabs in the November 7th election. Current Claymont School Board Member Michelle Sproul is the only incumbent […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Oct. 5, 2023) – The six-month educational period ends today on the new distracted driving law in Ohio that bans most forms of cell phone usage behind the wheel. State Highway Patrol New Philadelphia Post Sgt. Brian Hawkins says violators will now get tickets. A first offense […]

DOVER (WJER) (Oct. 4, 2023) – Libraries across the country and here locally have been taking a stand against literary censorship. It’s Banned Books Week, an observance established more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Oct. 4, 2023) – The State Highway Patrol says a Newcomerstown woman was killed in a single vehicle crash on Township Road 108 in Oxford Township. Troopers say 43-year-old Kaliesha Cale died after her southbound SUV failed to negotiate a curve and traveled off the roadway, struck […]

DOVER – Law enforcement officials say scammers and hackers continue to get smarter and bolder while recently victimizing Tuscarawas County residents for tens of thousands of dollars. Two scams reported last month cost two Dover residents a total of $37,000 dollars. One resident reported getting fooled by a crypto-currency scam […]