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DOVER (WJER) – The city and its police force have come to terms on a new contract. The three-year deal that starts in 2024 gives patrolmen and captains $2 an hour raises the first year, and 3 percent raises the next two years, for an average annual raise of about […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Dec. 6, 2023) – There’s a memorial ceremony at Uhrichsville City Park tomorrow morning for the city native killed at Pearl Harbor. Big Bend Golf Course owner Cathy Cottis organizes the yearly tribute to Ensign James Haverfield, carrying on the tradition the late Mary Lee McClave established more […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 5, 2023) – A grand jury has handed down formal charges for a drive-by shooting in New Philadelphia.  The two 19-year-olds initially arrested for the October 23rd shooting outside of a home on East High Avenue – Gavin Kurtz and Riley Adams – were indicted Monday […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 5, 2023) – The impaired driver responsible for the crash that seriously injured a Dover Township man while he was mowing his lawn is beginning his punishment. 53-year-old Robert A Schwartz will spend six months in the Tuscarawas County Jail and five years on probation for […]

CANTON – (WJER) (December 5, 2023) – Dover and Canton police teamed up to recover a stolen pickup truck and arrest four suspects after a tense confrontation in Canton yesterday afternoon. According to police reports, the Ford F-150 had been reported stolen from a resident’s driveway on West 21st Street […]

BOLIVAR (WJER) (December 5, 2023) – One of Tuscarawas County’s leading voices for substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment is seeking a larger platform in state government. Jodi Salvo has announced her plans to run for State Representative. She says she will challenge incumbent Brett Hillyer for the Republican nomination […]

DOVER (WJER) (Dec. 4, 2023) – The local FOP chapter is again seeking donations for its holiday assistance program. President Bob Everett says Christmas with a Cop is back for the 14th time to make the season brighter for participating students and their families. Checks made out to FOP Tuscora […]

FAIRFIELD TWP. (WJER) (Dec. 4, 2023) – The State Highway Patrol says a Mineral City man died after his SUV went left of center and crashed into a utility pole down the street from his home on Sunday. Troopers believe the 66-year-old victim had been experiencing a medical emergency that […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Dec. 1, 2023) – The family of a missing Stark County woman now has some closure. DNA testing has confirmed that the decomposed remains discovered along North Orchard Road in Sandy Township on November 4th belonged to 27-year-old Katie Ann Fuller. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office made […]

DOVER (December 1, 2023) – Police believe somebody has been illegally hunting on city property by the water tower near the southern border. New Philadelphia Police initially received a call Tuesday afternoon about people hunting and shots heard behind residences on Hilltop Drive. Dover Police found a makeshift tree-stand on […]