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NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (September 7, 2022) – The state auditor’s office has accused suspended Dover Mayor Richard Homrighausen of pocketing fees from over 200 weddings. One of those weddings was the 2014 ceremony for acting Mayor Shane Gunnoe. Homrighausen has a Sept. 20 jury trial scheduled as he faces nine […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 6, 2022) – The 59-year-old ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually abusing a child is appealing his conviction. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court jurors found Michael Hodkinson of New Philadelphia guilty of rape and gross sexual imposition when he was […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 6, 2022) – The ADAMHS Board of Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties is trying to bring residential treatment closer to home for men in our area battling addictions.  Executive Director Natalie Bollon says the board is getting money from the state and $1-million grant from the Tuscarawas […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 2, 2022) – A city man is being held in the Tuscarawas County Jail for allegedly causing the death of his infant son by leaving him in a parked car for hours.  19-year-old Landon Parrott is charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, and endangering children. New Philadelphia […]

DOVER (WJER) (Sept. 2, 2022)  – Firefighters had to respond when workers drilling horizontally to deploy underground internet cables for Omni Fiber accidentally struck a gas line on the north end of town Thursday. Captain Mike Mossor says this happened in the 100 block of North Deeds Drive just after […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Sept. 1, 2022) – T4C is accepting applications for the next installment of its Share-A-Christmas holiday assistance program. Co-chair Agnes Swigert says paper applications are at all areas schools and libraries, or you can apply online through T4C’s website, t4conline.net. “This year applications will be accepted from […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 31, 2022) – Empower Tusc’s latest overdose awareness initiative is officially underway. Project Hope kicked off Wednesday afternoon with a press conference at the New Philadelphia Fire Station. The gathering coincided with National Overdose Awareness Day, which leads into National Recovery Month here in September. The […]

Zoarville (WJER) (Aug 31, 2022) – Ohio’s elections chief has approached his latest group of newly and soon-to-be eligible voters about the importance of participating in the democratic process. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose spoke to upperclassmen at Tusky Valley High School this morning as part of his ‘Youth […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (Aug. 31, 2022) – The 922 Initiative is bringing the Twin Cities community together to remember those who lost their lives to addiction. The 922 Initiative is holding a National Overdose Awareness Day ceremony tonight at the Panhandle Passage Trailhead off East Third Street. Coordinator Diane Smith says […]