Marietta News

The county's new business park, currently under development along Ohio 7 in Reno, will be linked into Marietta's sanitary sewer system, according to plans announced during a meeting of City Council's water, ...

Also: A free concert by the Army National Guard 122nd Army Stage Band starts at 6:30 p.m. nearby at the armory on Front Street.

Judge Janet Dyar-Welch on Tuesday welcomed some outside assistance with the ongoing effort to find suitable facilities for Marietta's Municipal Court.

Drivers using cellular phones are four times more likely to get into accidents serious enough to cause injuries, according to an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study that examined drivers treated in ...

$19 to register a commercial truck. $1 for vision screenings. $5 for temporary tags.

At the Veterans Walk of Honor in Marietta there were bricks bearing the names of veterans from numerous wars and conflicts throughout American history, many of them from the Vietnam War.

For more information on becoming a Humane Society of the Ohio Valley volunteer: Humane Society, 373-5959. Jane Snell, 373-0257. Visit www.hsov.org to download a volunteer application form.

Open 7:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Costs $22 to $28 daily, depending on age and membership with the Betsey Mills Club.

There will be a number of fireworks displays in the area this weekend - on Friday and Saturday.

They can be ordered through WASCO Inc. at 373-3781 or by downloading a form at www.mariettaohio.org/visitor/armory_square_walk_of_honor. The cost is $50. The proceeds go to the Marietta Community Foundation, ...

Served as a Washington County sheriff's deputy from 1979 to 1985. Hired as director of security at Marietta College in 1985.

Howard Korn was employed with Marietta College since 1985. Earlier this year Korn a former Washington County sheriff's deputy reached an agreement with Marietta College and his former administrative assistant ...

Dick Burkhart, 67, of Marietta, son of the late William J. and Anna Klinger Burkhart, passed away at home Monday after a long illness.

Miller Lecky Architects estimated it would take $3.8 million to renovate the former Ohio Bureau of Employment Services building into a suitable municipal court.

Its new location is on Ohio 60 in Lowell. The hours are noon to 5 p.m. on Monday and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Clayton L. Books had just been fired minutes before he went to Wendy's to apply for a new job.

Andrew Mahoney testified Thursday that he feared for his life after a March 21 confrontation with longtime friend and former Washington County sheriff's Deputy Mark Tilton.

What: Grand opening, new Goodwill Industries store. Where: Corner of Colegate and Academy drives .

Washington County at a glance: Median household income 2004: $36,297. Persons below poverty level : 12.2 percent.

The songs learned at the Marietta City Schools guitar camp Wednesday took the students from the fields to the church and then into the realm of country music, where they had to stop briefly to pay their dues.