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ADAMHS Board officials brace for pending Medicaid cuts

July 21, 2025

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 […]


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Boy wounded hammering a bullet that explodes

July 11, 2025

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 […]


Troopers pleased with driver behavior over July 4th weekend

July 9, 2025

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 […]



Clay Township house fire under investigation

July 1, 2025

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 […]


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Driver ‘late to funeral’ leads high-speed pursuit

June 30, 2025

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 […]





Farmers market and library program to focus on Juneteenth

June 18, 2025

DOVER (WJER) (June 18, 2025)  – Various organizations are partnering to observe the Juneteenth holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Mark McKenzie with the Tuscarawas Valley Farmers Market says they’re again having a Juneteenth cooking demonstration with Rodney Sutton at 5 p.m. at today’s market at […]