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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 8, 2022) – The Akron man facing 14 charges for stealing and abandoning multiple vehicles before turning himself into police has admitted to all of them. 37-year-old Ricky Moore had his jury trial canceled after pleading guilty to felonious assault, robbery, aggravated menacing, attempted abduction, and […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 7, 2022) – A tragic case came to a close in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court this morning.  It involved a Warwick Township woman who gave her brother what ended up being a fatal dose of a drug she thought was cocaine that turned out to […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 6, 2023)  – Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s officials say the Publishers Clearing House phone scam has claimed another victim in the area. The office took a fraud complaint Friday from a Sandy Township man who apparently sent $9,000 in cash and $5,000 in Visa cards to someone […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 4, 2023) – The city of Dover has a trial date set in what officials hope will be their final legal battle with former mayor Richard Homrighausen. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Ernest, not a jury, will hear the case of Homrighausen versus the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 3, 2023) – Demolition of the old Puritan car wash and laundromat is scheduled to begin Monday at the corner of Bank Lane and Mill Avenue in New Philadelphia. City Service Director Ron McAbier says they recently finished an asbestos assessment and an EPA evaluation, clearing […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 3, 2023) – The man who once pulled over actor and former pro-wrestler Dave Bautista while posing as an undercover cop was sentenced in New Philadelphia Municipal Court this morning for impersonating a firefighter. 33-year-old Jesse J. Johnson of Massillon will spend two years on probation […]

DENNISON (WJER) (March 2, 2023) – Excavation is continuing for the new street lights that will be going up around downtown. Mayor Greg DiDonato says AEP subcontractors arrived last week to dig up the concrete around the installation sites for the two dozen LED lights that will be going in […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 2, 2023) – Around 1,200 eighth-graders have been roaming the halls at Buckeye Career Center this week getting ideas about future career options. The school annually invites area students to a weeklong Career Carnival where this year they’re learning from 80 professionals, along with Buckeye instructors […]

FROM THE KENT STATE TUSC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: The Performing Arts Center has been notified by AudienceView, our third-party ticket sale vendor, that AudienceView has had a security breach. AudienceView states this breach may have affected customers who purchased tickets between Feb. 17 and Feb. 21. This includes tickets to […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (March 1, 2023) – The New Philadelphia school system is auctioning off its former maintenance garage. Superintendent Amy Wentworth says the building at 915 South Broadway is no longer needed with the maintenance department relocating to the one the district purchased a couple of months ago.  “We’re […]