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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 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 6, 2022) – The 59-year-old ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually abusing a child is appealing his conviction. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court jurors found Michael Hodkinson of New Philadelphia guilty of rape and gross sexual imposition when he was […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 6, 2022) – The ADAMHS Board of Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties is trying to bring residential treatment closer to home for men in our area battling addictions.  Executive Director Natalie Bollon says the board is getting money from the state and $1-million grant from the Tuscarawas […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 2, 2022) – A city man is being held in the Tuscarawas County Jail for allegedly causing the death of his infant son by leaving him in a parked car for hours.  19-year-old Landon Parrott is charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, and endangering children. New Philadelphia […]