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Hot dogs, cool cats: Homes needed for loyal cat and dog whose former home was condemned
Sgaeyl (Sail), a 1.5-year-old female, is among the cats available for adoption at the Tuscarawas County Humane Society Animal Shelter, 1432 Tall Timber Road NE in New Philadelphia. She is fiercely loyal and will love and bond with her person. Sgaeyl came in as a stray. She entered the shelter with her five kittens. Now all of them are gone and she is left here looking for her forever home. ...
Grants Awarded through Community Foundation
While Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and Ohio’s Hospice received some of this year’s larger grants through the Tuscarawas County Community Foundation, a host of youth-oriented groups benefited as well. Indian Valley schools, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and the RTY Park Place Teen Center are just some of...
Utility issue delays elections board move
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 13, 2024) – Tuscarawas County voters wanting to cast an early ballot for the November 5th Presidential Election will do so at the usual location. The county elections office was supposed to move into its new headquarters on the east side of New Philadelphia before...
Delay in Multi-Purpose Building Construction
Tuscarawas County voters wanting to cast an early ballot for the November 5th presidential election will do so at the usual location. The county elections office was supposed to move into its new headquarters on the east side of New Philadelphia before the 30-day early voting period until a utility issue pushed back the timeline.
Bleach poured on German Shepherd dog in Goshen Township; humane society investigating
NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ The Tuscarawas County Humane Society is investigating an incident in which bleach was poured on a dog. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office received a report of the incident around 6 p.m. Monday. Deputies then traveled to Nageley Road in Goshen Township. They confirmed that bleach had been poured on the dog, a 5-year-old German Shepherd. The dog was then put into the custody of humane society personnel.
Grand jury to get case of Uhrichsville man accused of firing gun at woman
UHRICHSVILLE ‒ The case of an 82-year-old Uhrichsville man accused of firing a gun at a woman has been bound over to the Tuscarawas County grand jury. At a hearing Tuesday in Tuscarawas County Court ‒ Southern District, Magistrate Jason L. Jackson continued a $250,000 bond for John Valentine. Jackson also granted a protection order requiring Valentine to remain at least 500 feet away from the alleged victim in the shooting.
Hammer attack suspect to spend 4 to 6 years in prison
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 12, 2024) – A Dover man is heading to prison for brutally assaulting his former roommate. 47-year-old Kenton George will serve 4 to 6 years there for bludgeoning the victim multiple times with a hammer. It happened on February 20th after what Assistant Tuscarawas County Assistant Prosecutor Scott Deedrick described as several weeks of conflict between the two men who had recently moved in together.
Sentence Issued in Hammer Attack Case
A Dover man is heading to prison for brutally assaulting his former roommate. 47-year-old Kenton George will serve 4 to 6 years behind bars for bludgeoning the victim multiple times with a hammer. It happened on February 20th after what Tuscarawas County Assistant Prosecutor Scott Deedrick described as several weeks...
Missing 12-year-old Tracked to Ohio after She Messaged Family; Man Arrested on Several Charges
Antonio Agustin-Ailon, a Guatemalan national, is now facing additional charges after allegedly taking a 12-year-old Hall County girl to his Ohio home. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office has announced that Agustin-Ailon has been indicted on multiple charges, including rape, gross sexual imposition, pandering sexually-oriented matters involving a minor or impaired person, and interference with custody.
Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office: Shot fired during attempted robbery in York Township
YORK TOWNSHIP ‒ The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a report of an attempted robbery during which which a shot was fired around midnight Saturday in York Township. A resident of Baker Road SW reported a vehicle showed up at his residence around midnight. He waited about 10 minutes before approaching the vehicle at the bottom of his driveway. He told deputies that a man got out of the vehicle and put a gun to his...
Ohio Welcomes Recreational Marijuana with Ratio Cannabis
Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Ohio has welcomed recreational marijuana sales at Ratio Cannabis, located in New Philadelphia. The former drive-through beverage store is now a busy dispensary, the first in Ohio to offer recreational cannabis, making it the only option for Tuscarawas County locals.
Volunteers Needed for Fairground Café Operations
The Clover Café at Tuscarawas County is gearing up for operations in September, but volunteers are needed. The fair, in Dover, runs from Monday the 16th through Sunday the 22nd and the café is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Committee member Diane Glazer says, since 12 people...
Man charged with rape in connection to missing 12-year-old Georgia girl found in Tuscarawas County
DOVER, Ohio (WOIO) - The 34-year-old man was indicted on August 9 on five felony sex offenses in the Tuscarawas Common Pleas Court in connection to a missing 12-year-old Georgia girl found in Ohio. According to the court docket, Antonio Agustin was indicted on two counts of rape, one count...
Court records detail charges against man arrested for taking missing Hall County girl to Ohio
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The man accused of taking a missing Hall County girl to Ohio has been charged with multiple counts of rape, according to court records in Ohio. Antonio Agustin-Ailon, 34, is charged with taking the girl from Gainesville to his home in Tuscarawas County, Ohio....
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