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DOVER (WJER) (May 7, 2024) – The city might ban recreational marijuana sales just like New Philadelphia did last month. Mayor Shane Gunnoe has asked Council members to consider a pair of ordinances that would “prohibit adult cannabis use operators” and “commercial cultivation, commercial processing and retail dispensaries” within city […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (May 7, 2024) – There’s another court hearing next week for the man that Uhrichsville Police say fired a gun into an occupied vehicle. Mekhi Carlton made his initial appearance in Southern District Court Monday afternoon for felonious assault and had his bond set bond at $250,000. A […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (May 7, 2024) – Gradall employees are still on strike after their union refused the latest contract offer from the company on Sunday. Mike Haberman, executive vice president of the industrial group for Alamo Group, Gradall’s parent company, issued a statement. “Based on our negotiations with the union […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 6, 2024) – A long-delayed child sex abuse case has ended, although we may not have seen the last of the defendant. 32-year-old Jason M. Gordon will spend 55 years to life in prison for crimes from more than a decade ago involving three young children. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 6, 2023) – A longtime political, farming, and business leader is being remembered for his unparalleled dedication to the community following his death over the weekend. Doug Wills passed away unexpectedly early Sunday at his home on Stonecreek Rd SW at the age of 72. Wills […]

DOVER (WJER) (May 3, 2024) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says the community should be proud of local law enforcement’s response to what turned out to be a tragic incident at the top of the Schneider’s Crossing I-77 exit early Friday morning. Troopers from the State High Patrol and […]

DOVER (WJER) (May 3, 2024) – The State Highway Patrol provided the following press release about Friday morning’s fatal officer-involved shooting: DOVER – The New Philadelphia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, along with the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office, was involved in a shooting Friday morning following a traffic […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (May 3, 2024) – Police officers rescued some ducklings from a storm drain near the mall Tuesday evening. Capt. Dave Morris says he and Sergeant Mitch Gobely arrived at the scene after some Applebee’s customers noticed a duck guarding a storm sewer grate. “They could actually hear […]

DOVER (WJER) (May 2, 2024) – The Ohio Supreme Court will not hear former Dover Mayor Richard Homrighausen’s appeal of his criminal conviction for theft in office. A jury in 2022 found Homrighausen guilty of that fifth-degree felony and five related offenses. The conviction disqualified Homrighausen from the mayor’s post […]

DOVER (WJER) (May 3, 2024) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says one suspect is dead after a shootout with law enforcement early this morning at the top of the Schneiders Crossing Exit ramp from I-77 south in Dover. No officers were injured. Campbell says the man’s identity was not […]