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STRASBURG (WJER) (May 19, 2022) – Village voters may end up seeing the former fire chief’s name on the ballot in a future election. Andy Slemmer during Tuesday’s village council meeting announced his candidacy for mayor, even though the next election for the office isn’t until 2023. “Go ahead. Vote […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 19, 2022) – Tuscarawas County officials this week are recognizing a sheriff’s deputy who risked his life to save a wheelchair-bound man from an Easter Day house fire in Lawrence Township. Sheriff Orvis Campbell says Deputy Heath Manbeck was the first responder on the scene after […]
STRASBURG (WJER) (May 18, 2022) – North Wooster Avenue through Strasburg will be getting a designated lane up the middle for drivers needing to make lefthand turns. Mayor Steve Smith proposed the change, which council members approved Tuesday evening. He says the Ohio Department of Transportation is paying for the […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 18, 2022) – The man accused of helping his girlfriend dump a Dover woman’s body alongside a Goshen Township Road last October is contesting a grand jury indictment charging him with gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. 38-year-old Daniel Fitzgerald pleaded not guilty […]
See nationally touring Christian comedians “Crosstown Comedy” live at the Ohio Star Theater May 24th through the 26th. The Crosstown Comedy Show features multiple comics, each performing their own brand of hilarious stand-up comedy. Get your tickets now at OhioStarTheater.com Kelly will be giving away pairs of tickets to the […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 17, 2022) – The suspect in the shooting death of a Belmont County man whose body authorities found in the backseat of his car made his initial court appearance this afternoon. 36-year-old Dalbert “Dale” Sanders of Uhrichsville is charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, and using […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 17, 2022) – A Guernsey County man has admitted in court to robbing the clerk at an Oxford Township store at gunpoint last fall. 67-year-old Neil Timbers pleaded guilty to a single count of robbery during a pre-trial hearing Tuesday morning. A grand jury had indicted […]
DOVER (WJER) (May 17, 2022) – The city’s first council meeting in 31 years without Richard Homrighausen serving as mayor was jovial and productive. Council members, city employees, and guests joked, laughed, and applauded newly-appointed Interim Mayor Shane Gunnoe. He’s serving in place of Homrighausen, who is suspended with pay […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 17, 2022) – The state’s fireworks laws change on July 1. Ohioans will be allowed to set off consumer grade fireworks on and around eight specific holidays. Except not in New Philadelphia, and possibly not in Dover. Under the New Philadelphia Fire Department’s recommendation, that city […]
DOVER (WJER) (May 16, 2022) – One of the city’s first actions with a new interim mayor is attempting to dismiss the suspended mayor’s lawsuits and appeals against the city. Richard Homrighausen is suspended from Dover’s mayor’s office until a criminal case against him is resolved. Depending on the verdict, […]
