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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 28, 2024) – Police have released more details about the Wednesday night shooting incident at a south side intersection that left a woman critically injured. In a Friday morning news release, Chief Tessa Pohovey identifies Chance Swaney, 27, of Uhrichsville, as the alleged gunman in the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 27, 2024) – The suspect in a deadly hit-and-run crash near Newcomerstown remains on house arrest after pleading not guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges. 68-year-old Benjamin Henry of Port Washington entered the plea Wednesday during his arraignment on a grand jury indictment also […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 27, 2024) – New Philadelphia police have arrested a suspect for a shooting incident late Wednesday on the south side of the city. Details are still limited. Police weren’t immediately available for comment this morning. Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s call records say police took a 27-year-old Uhrichsville […]

This story was updated on June 27th, 2024 at 5:43 pm FRANKLIN TWP. (WJER) (June 27, 2024) – State troopers have been trying to determine the cause for Wednesday’s crash on I-77 south of Strasburg that claimed the life of a 4-year-old girl. The girl was a passenger in a […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 26, 2024) – Two incidents on the highways tangled traffic in the area Wednesday. First on U.S. 250 near Midvale, an oversized load snagged an overhead wire. U.S. 250 was closed in both directions for about two hours from 11:45 to 1:45 as crews repaired and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 26, 2024) – The two men charged for a violent road rage-related attack near New Philadelphia remain free on their own recognizance after their arraignments. Wyatt Shaw, 20, of Gnadenhutten, and Landon Levengood, 19, of Sherrodsville, are charged with felonious assault in connection with the February […]

DOVER (WJER) (June 26, 2024) – Members of the Army National Guard are coming to Dover High School Thursday night, and they’re bringing the ’80s with them. The soldiers are members of the 122nd Army Band and they will perform a free concert at Dover High School June 27 at […]

WASHINGTON TWP. (WJER) (June 26, 2024) – The State Highway Patrol state Route 258 east of Newcomerstown was closed for some time Tuesday morning after a semi hauling logs spilled them across the roadway near Sleepy Elm Rd SW around 7:55 a.m. Trooper Travis Adkins says it happened when the […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (June 26, 2024) – The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics runs through Tuscarawas County Thursday. First responders from Strasburg, Dover, New Philadelphia and Sugarcreek will carry the Flame of Hope through their communities to raise awareness and money for the Special Olympics Ohio Summer Games, which […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 24, 2024) – Police had to deal with a swatting call over the weekend. Swatting is when somebody makes a false report of a violent crime that would require a large law enforcement response to a particular address. In this case, around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, someone […]