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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 […]

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 […]

DOVER (WJER) (Nov. 9, 2022) – The Tuscarawas County YMCA’s new CEO is introducing herself to the community.  Meagan Shaheen stepped into the role last Monday after 19 years with the YMCA of Central Stark County where she worked her way through the ranks to become a district executive director.  […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Nov. 9, 2022) – The Scarf Project is pushing back its yearly distribution because of the rain in the forecast. The group’s 7th communitywide scarf bombing was scheduled for this Friday at 14 locations across Tuscarawas County. Founder Toni Kaltenbaugh says it will now take place a […]

Click HERE for unofficial results from the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections or HERE for updates from the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office after the polls close at 7:30 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) — Follow along for real-time, on-the-ground updates on the 2022 U.S. midterm elections from The Associated Press.   […]