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UHRICHSVILLE (WJER) (July 28, 2025) – The city’s fire chief says a late Sunday afternoon fire in the 300 block of East High Street left three people with injuries – including a firefighter. A neighbor called it in to 9-1-1 shortly before 6 p.m. Chief Justin Edwards says two residents […]

NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (July 28, 2025) – Firefighters say they believe it was sewer gas that people were smelling that caused the brief evacuation at Walmart Sunday morning. Firefighters arrived around 8:30 a.m. to investigate and left after about a half hour. Fire Captain Matthew Graham says they think sewer […]

UNION TWP.  (WJER) (July 24, 2025) – There’s more information on a Tuesday afternoon fire that destroyed a storage building in the 1700 block of Roxford Church Road Southeast. A Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office call report indicates Arrowhead Joint Fire District Chief Steven Wright has the cause of the fire […]

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 […]