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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 […]

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, […]

DOVER (WJER) (May 16, 2022) – Tuscarawas County Probate Court Judge Adam Wilgus is offering some more details on how he chose former City Council President Shane Gunnoe as Dover’s interim mayor. Some believed Gunnoe would be handed the job after the state suspended Mayor Richard Homrighausen. Councilman Bob Mueller, […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (May 16, 2022) – City leaders are considering beefing up security at the park after finding vulgar words and other inappropriate markings on its pavilions and playground equipment. Mayor Mark Haney says vandals have tagged them twice just this spring, and it has to stop.  “We shouldn’t tolerate […]

DENNISON  (WJER) (May 16, 2022) – The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office says three Uhrichsville men have been taken into custody for the death of a Belmont County man who was found dead in a car along McKee Rd just after 4:30 am Sunday. Tuscarawas County Coroner Dr. Jeff Cameron says […]