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DENNISON (WJER) (July 27, 2022) – The village’s new police dog could be sniffing out drugs and chasing down suspects by the end of September. Police Chief Todd Beeman says Patrolman Josh Newman is taking over the department’s K9 program and has selected a dog named Rico as his partner. […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 26, 2022) – A former city fire captain will spend a year on probation for a domestic incident in Goshen Township back in May. Retired Portage County Common Pleas Court Judge Linton Lewis ordered the probationary period for Matthew Graham, who pleaded no contest to a […]

BOLIVAR (WJER) (July 26, 2022) – The site manager at Fort Laurens is detailing some of the improvements that will be taking place there ahead of America’s 250th birthday. Tammi Shrum says the museum will be getting some new exhibits next year, which is also when archaeological research is set […]

DOVER (WJER) (July 25, 2022) – Firefighters and other first responders rescued a seriously injured man who crawled through a storm sewer and injured himself falling off an exit ladder Sunday. Dover Police Officer Sean Lefler says a passing bicyclist first reported the man lying on the ground near the […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 25, 2022) – A New Philadelphia man whose criminal background includes stabbing a dog to death pleaded guilty Monday to stabbing a person in April. Judge Elizabeth Thomakos sentenced 59-year-old Adam Soto to three to 4 1/2 years in prison for felonious assault. Tuscarawas County Assistant […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 22, 2022) – Police ended up picking up a violent fugitive with warrants in four different states after an early morning car chase. It started just before 2 am when an officer attempted to stop an SUV that pulled out in front of his cruiser on […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 21, 2022) – Tuscarawas County’s economic development office is getting ready to start distributing almost a half million dollars to help local communities tear down their eyesores.  Director Scott Reynolds planned to send out letters this week to the municipalities that requested a share of the […]

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY (WJER) (July 21, 2022) – Area law enforcement officers ended up chasing after two drivers in stolen cars Wednesday morning. The first was the suspect in an aggravated menacing investigation who sped off when a Uhrichsville patrolman tried to stop him on Jaycee Drive around 12:45 am. Officers […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (July 20, 2022) – Village residents are no longer permitted to set off consumer-grade fireworks for certain occasions. Strasburg has opted out of Ohio’s new law allowing people to discharge higher-powered fireworks the weekends of Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day, to ring in the new year, […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 20, 2022) – The Tuscarawas County Community Foundation has announced its latest grant recipients. Executive Director Scott Robinson says a dozen area non-profits and governmental entities are getting a share of the nearly $100,000 the foundation made available from its general fund this year.  “We were […]