Matamoras News

Reading and 'rithmetic may get the most time among the traditional three "R's" in schools these days, but writing hasn't been forgotten.

A Beverly man accused of a burglary spree that ended in one home allegedly being burned to the ground was found competent to stand trial Monday in Washington County Common Pleas Court.

A New Matamoras teenager pleaded guilty and was sentenced Thursday in Marietta Municipal Court on charges of negligent vehicular homicide and assault, for his recklessness in an accident that killed a Newport Elementary School teacher and injured her now 3-year-old grandson just over a year ago.

Hundreds of prescription pain pills were found Wednesday during a search of a New Matamoras home.

No decision was made Thursday on the fate of Lawrence Elementary and the future of the Frontier Local school district, with board members and the administration saying there's not enough information to know the financial impact of any course of action.