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CAMBRIDGE (WJER) (July 24, 2025)  – The State Highway Patrol says a Newcomerstown man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on I-77 in Guernsey County Wednesday morning. 63-year-old Christopher Morrow died in the crash shortly before 6 a.m. just north of the Kimbolton exit. Cambridge Post Commander Lt. Todd Henry […]

DOVER (WJER) (July 23, 2025) – Another rise in Lyme disease cases has the Tuscarawas County Health Department telling us to take precautions against tick bites and seek treatment options early if experiencing any symptoms. Spokesperson Jennifer Demuth says there were 126 suspected cases among Tuscarawas County residents in January […]

UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (July 21, 2025) – The new home of the Clay Capital Heritage Museum could be ready for a partial opening in the spring. The building at the corner of East Third and North Main will feature two floors highlighting the area’s history as the one-time Clay Capital of […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 21, 2025) – The ADAMHS Board of Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties is expressing concerns over federal cuts to Medicaid. ADAMHS Board Director Natalie Bollon says the agency pays for treatment costs that Medicaid does not cover at partnering agencies such as SpringVale and Ohio Guidestone. ADAMHS […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 11, 2025) – Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s officials say a nine-year-old boy in the Dundee area was not seriously injured after receiving shrapnel wounds from a .22 caliber bullet that he caused to explode with a hammer. Sheriff Orvis Campbell says 911 got the call from a […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 9, 2025) – Ohio State Highway Patrol officials are commending drivers for how they handled the extended Fourth of July weekend on the local roads. New Philadelphia Post Commander Lt. Johnnie Maier says his troopers responded to 13 crashes in Tuscarawas and Carroll counties Thursday through […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 6, 2025) – Area first responders had anything but a relaxing Fourth of July weekend.   Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell says a child – approximately three years old – was found unconscious in the deep end of the pool at the Uhrichsville Water Park Sunday around […]

GNADENHUTTEN (WJER) (July 1, 2025)  – Arrowhead Joint Fire District’s chief says the cause of a fire that destroyed a small house early Monday remains undetermined and under investigation. There were no injuries. Chief Steven Wright says a neighbor reported the fire in the 6800 block of Kinsey Valley Rd […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 30, 2025) – A driver involved in a pursuit after allegedly getting clocked speeding at 92 miles per hour on state Route 39 in Warren Township Friday apparently told deputies he didn’t stop for them because he was late for a funeral. This happened around 3 […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (June 30, 2025) – The group Citizens for Property Tax Reform has until this week to submit more than 400,000 signatures to get an issue on the November ballot to abolish property taxes in Ohio. The group argues that rising property taxes are driving citizens from their […]