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A 42-year-old man was found shot and killed outside his Bells Run Road home Thursday afternoon, sparking the second homicide investigation this week in Washington County.

I took the Purple People Bridge Climb Sunday in hopes of getting a 360-degree, blimp's-eye view of whether we're making the most of our invaluable Ohio River asset.

Send donations to Peoples Savings Bank, Help Mariah Fund, 710 Second St., New Matamoras, 45767 or visit www.helpmoriah.com After two sleepless nights filled with worry that his 17-year-old daughter Mariah, just ...

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.

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

A number of activities are planned in the Mid-Ohio Valley during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

More... TV Online IN[the loop] Go get your fill of goetta at festival By Felix Winternitz The Goettafest & River Raid Renaissance Festival is devoted to all things goetta, with goetta pizza, goetta hoagies, ...

While condominiums in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky may be new, hillside development is not.

Carlyle "Bucky" Lee, president of Marietta Food 4 Less, has been elected to the Ohio Grocers Association Board of Directors for a three-year term.

The big art elephant this weekend is RiverSpan, with dozens of sculptors from around the nation showing and selling their work atop the deck of the Purple People Bridge that crosses the Ohio River between ...

Upcoming socials A Fearing Volunteer Fire Department: 4 p.m. Saturday. A Little Muskingum Volunteer Fire Department: 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 21.

Police in Newport said a man was charged with felony assault after stabbing another man over a parking space.

“I didn't see any problem out there. Everybody waiting was helping everybody else get by.”

Local yard draws fire, makes amends About Guernsey Scrap Recycling Inc. Address: Sheets Run Road, Newport. via Marietta Times

“And it's us working guys that go to bars like Mary's to have a beer after work who help pay the mortgages for these little bars.”

Violations abound in check of night spots By Sam Shawver, sshawver@mariettatimes.com Smoking ban enforcement Through the end of April, the Washington County Health Department had investigated 23 reported ... via Marietta Times

“Any traffic impact resulting from the rock slide project should be completely lifted this week.”

Progress reported on rock slide repair By Patrick Cooley, pcooley@mariettatimes.com Article Photos Fact Box Ohio 7 rock slide project timeline March 20 - 'A rock slide sends several boulders, some the size of ... via Marietta Times

Raleen Ann Heiss, 73, of Christy Road, Marietta, died Thursday afternoon at Marietta Memorial Hospital. via Marietta Times

“We are worried that we are still continuing to see people driving through there at night”

By Patrick Cooley, pcooley@mariettatimes.com Blasting will begin on a stretch of Ohio 7 between Newport and New Matamoras next week. via Marietta Times

Special state investigators are expected to assist local law enforcement this week with their probe into a Saturday breaking and entering at a Newport grocery store. via Marietta Times

Deputies say more than $5,000 in cash and cigarettes were stolen from the Bob's IGA grocery store in Newport, Ohio. via WTAP-TV Parkersburg

Saturday 1:29 p.m. - 600 block Oneida Road; medic. 2:10 p.m. -700 block East Second Street; medic. via Chillicothe Gazette