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SUGARCREEK (WJER) (February 13, 2023) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says a 25-year-old Akron woman was arrested after running over a deputy’s foot while trying to flee from large, out-of-control party at an Airbnb Saturday just south of Sugarcreek. Campbell says the deputy is OK, but the Akron woman […]

STRASBURG (WJER) (Feb. 13, 2023) – Strasburg-Franklin school families have been getting to see what the campus might look like in the future. District leaders are envisioning a sprawling athletic complex behind Tiger Drive with a stadium, ballfields, and community center. Superintendent Vince Lindsey pitched the idea and shared a […]

DOVER (WJER) (February 10, 2023) – The city’s former mayor has officially filed notice that he will appeal his criminal conviction and sentence for theft in office and related charges. A jury in November found Richard Homrighausen guilty of one felony and five misdemeanors. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (February 9, 2023) – A child rapist from New Philadelphia will serve two consecutive life sentences with a chance for parole in 20 years. Jeffrey Pringle, 60, pleaded guilty to three counts of rape and four counts of gross sexual imposition with sexually violent predator specifications for […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 9, 2023) – The mother of the 14-month-old whose father left him to die in a hot car got to confront him in court this morning. Vanessa Fraser says she feels like part of her was ripped away when her estranged husband ended their son Kyler’s […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 8, 2023) – The Tuscarawas County Council for Church and Community is trying to help cash-strapped families make ends meet by paying for their weekly trips to the laundromat. Executive Director Carly Hart says you’ll be able to wash and dry up to four loads for […]

DOVER (WJER) (February 8, 2023) – The city is scheduled to swear in Shane Gunnoe as its new mayor at a special meeting Wednesday at 7. First, city council members will vote to affirm the Tuscarawas County Republican Party Central Committee’s selection of Gunnoe to replace Richard Homrighausen, who was […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 7, 2023) – The director of the Tuscarawas Arts Partnership is asking everyone to be on the lookout for a piece that was stolen from the outdoor gallery they built in a downtown New Philadelphia alley. Wilma Mullet says a board member discovered the theft while […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 7, 2023) – Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court jurors won’t be deciding whether the New Philadelphia man accused of leaving his son to die in a hot car is guilty of murder. 20-year-old Landon Parrott admitted to that crime and endangering children during a pre-trial hearing […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Feb. 3, 2023)  – Police say the student who had a gun at Welty Middle School Thursday was taken to Muskingum County’s juvenile attention center awaiting charges from the Tuscarawas County juvenile prosecutor. Captain Tessa Pohovey says the student was seen taking the .22-caliber handgun out of […]