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Around town
April 24, 2013 Program on air pollution, fracking A presentation on “Air Contamination from Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing” will be presented by Deborah Cowden at 7 p.m. more »»
Jail time in ’13
April 23, 2013 Weekend jail sentences, punishments postponed for medical reasons, furloughs from jail—all of these special sentencing considerations have shown up in local cases. more »»
Common Core education goals come under fire
April 23, 2013 Three years after Ohio adopted the Common Core educational standards and a little more than 15 months from the start of the first year in which students will be tested on them, the standards are... more »»
Dilemma for Foundation:
April 23, 2013 Marietta’s Incredible Community Playground was demolished in 201. more »»
Dual enrollment options explained
April 23, 2013 Marietta High School students will have more ways to earn college credit without leaving campus next year. more »»
Earth Day celebrated at MHS
April 23, 2013 A dirtiest vehicle exhaust contest and nature scavenger hunt were among the ways science students celebrated Earth Day at Marietta High School Monday. more »»
Wrestlers will duel to benefit Humane Society
April 23, 2013 The battle to help local animals continues this Saturday as Remix Pro Wrestling presents its seventh fundraising event for the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley in the Marietta Middle School... more »»
2 teens treated following wreck
April 23, 2013 Two 16-year-old Morgan County boys received medical treatment—one being life-flighted—after being involved in a two-vehicle head-on collision in Morgan County Friday afternoon. more »»
Around town
April 23, 2013 Yard sale helps Relay For Life team Angie’s Angels, a Washington County Relay For Life team, is having a 15-team member yard sale beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday at Parkersburg City Park Shelter #4. more »»
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING: Time to reflect
April 22, 2013 BOSTON — As churches paused to mourn the dead and console the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing Sunday, the city’s police commissioner said the two suspects had such a large cache of weapons... more »»
Earth Day 2013:
April 22, 2013 When it comes to recycling, Americans have come a long way since celebrating the first Earth Day in 1970, when the Environmental Protection Agency reported only 6.6 percent of trash was recycled. more »»
Crash kills Caldwell woman
April 22, 2013 A Caldwell woman died in a head-on crash Sunday afternoon on U.S. 22 just outside of Cambridge. Jody Bice, 35, of Caldwell was driving a 2008 Chrysler Pacifica east on U.S. more »»
Local man arrested on meth charge
April 22, 2013 A Marietta man was arrested Friday after telling authorities he had previously made methamphetamine in his home and was planning to do it again. more »»
Great deals at My Mommy Mart
April 22, 2013 Crowds of deal savvy-moms browsed through racks of children’s clothing, toys, and books, and more at the Washington County Fairgrounds junior fair building Sunday as the eighth My Mommy Mart... more »»
New trooper at Marietta post
April 22, 2013 The Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy graduated its 154th class earlier this month, and two of the 63 members have been assigned to the Marietta post. more »»
Around town
April 22, 2013 School staff will work a day at McDonald’s Washington Elementary school staff will be working at the Glendale Road McDonald’s from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday. more »»
Former area residents spend day on edge in Boston
April 20, 2013 As a manhunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing unfolded in and around her adopted city Friday, 2006 Marietta High School grad Kayleigh Durm had nothing to compare it to — in real life. more »»
Man’s shooting death is being investigated
April 20, 2013 The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a shooting death of a Dunham Township man late Friday night. Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks said 61-year-old Marvin . more »»
Visiting activists share Cuba’s human rights plight
April 20, 2013 Cuba is only 90 miles from the shores of the U.S. more »» |
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