Mayor Joel Day is asking residents to back Issue 9 — the city’s five‑year, 2.4‑mill parks and recreation levy on Tuesday’s ...

A week-long jury trial for a 79-year-old Newcomerstown man accused of child sex crimes has ended in a mistrial after jurors could not agree on a verdict. David J. Abate had pleaded not guilty to rape ...

A video circulating online from last night’s New Philadelphia-Steubenville boys soccer game appears to show a Steubenville ...

The Ohio Department of Transportation says its snow‑and‑ice fleet is ready for winter after crews wrapped up their annual ...

BOLIVAR (WJER) (Oct. 27, 2026) — A new phase of Ohio’s Revolutionary War history is coming into view at Fort Laurens, where the Ohio History Connection has released a detailed rendering of plans to ...

SUGARCREEK – Police say a drive with expired plates turned a routine traffic stop into a high-speed pursuit, a crash, a drone ...

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Oct. 26. 2026) – Tuscarawas County Board of Elections officials say early‑voting hours are expanding this week to give working voters more time to cast ballots. Director David ...

Friends are rallying around a worker recovering from a serious electrical shock following a power line accident in Dover Township last week. Dover firefighters say the worker was injured Thursday ...

DOVER – School officials are asking for compassion, patience and empathy following what the superintendent called overwhelming loss over the past six weeks. Two Dover High School students have died ...