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DOVER (WJER) (March 14, 2022) – City officials are responding to the grand jury indictment against Mayor Richard Homrighausen, but we have yet to hear from the mayor himself. Homrighausen faces 15 criminal counts, including eight felonies. The state auditor’s office says they’re related to pocketing wedding fees and hiring […]

The entry period for the 40th annual Great Escape Contest has closed. We will draw a semi-finalist from each box we gather from our sponsors. The grand prize drawing will be on Thursday, March 24th at the Manor Restaurant. The winner will walk away with $2,500. Will it be you?

NEWCOMERSTOWN (WJER) (March 14, 2022) – Village officials are making plans to smooth out a couple of roads and parking lots this year. Mayor Pat Cadle says council recently authorized the village’s participation in the countywide paving program.  “It included Edgewood Avenue, the Cy Young parking lot, the road behind […]

DOVER (WJER) (Mar. 14, 2022) – Dover Firefighters say nobody was injured from a weekend house fire in the 100 block of Pine Street. Lt. A.J. Moore says one of the occupants initially reported it as a basement fire just before 9 a.m. Sunday. He says when firefighters arrived it […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 11, 2022) – Mayor Richard Homrighausen was served a 15-count grand jury indictment Friday. A press release from Auditor Keith Faber described the indictment as “15 criminal counts for allegedly pocketing wedding fees that should have been directed to the city allegedly pocketing wedding fees that should […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 11, 2022) – City Council has opened the door for three former city employees to return to work. However, the mayor might still put some obstacles in their way. Council Thursday unanimously agreed to override Mayor Rick Homrighausen’s veto of a settlement that would bring back the […]

CANTON (WJER) (March 11, 2022) – Attorneys for the city of Dover and Dover Chemical argued their cases Thursday more than a year after the company first filed a complaint against the city. Dover added a surcharge to Dover Chemical’s electric bill more than a year ago. Dover Chemical sued, […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 11, 2022) – The guardrail in front of Maple Grove Cemetery at Tuscarawas and Slingluff avenues has been mangled since Oct. 30 when a car crashed through it. Dover City Auditor Nicole Stoldt says the city finally got a check to pay to fix it within the […]

ZOAR (WJER) (Mar. 10, 2022) – Historic Zoar Village officials are sharing details about plans for the grant they received at last week’s Statehood Day event in Columbus. Site Director Tammi Shrum accepted the award for $14,500 during the ceremony at the Statehouse. Shrum says this will help create a […]

DOVER (WJER) (March 9, 2022) – Three fired city employees could be closer to getting their jobs back after Thursday. City Council plans to meet that evening at 7 to override the mayor’s veto of an agreement that would return the employees to work and protect them from any future […]