Washington County News

Roger Lee Yeager, 44, was caught Friday night in Marietta, Oh. Yeager walked away from his work release job Tuesday and did not return the next day.

A search warrant executed Thursday in Belpre resulted in the arrest of three individuals, including a Columbus man police say was responsible for selling one to 10 pounds of marijuana a month to area residents.

The woman at the center of a recent sex scandal involving three area safety-service departments pleaded innocent Wednesday to drug trafficking charges in Washington County Common Pleas Court.

Temp: 74.0 F Update: 10:24 am Preliminary reports reveal the fire that ripped through a Little Hocking home Wednesday morning started in the kitchen.

Ohio average - 33 in 1 million. U.S. average - 36 in 1 million. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency If you go: What: Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry community meeting.

Where: Lafayette Hotel Parking Lot - bring your lawn chairs. Cost: $5 - wings additional.

Thicker skin has become part of the uniform requirements for area police and fire departments in the wake of a recent sex scandal.

Washington County's population fell by 115 people from July 1, 2007 to July 1, 2008, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released this week.

The Major Crimes Task Force recovered $3,000 in black-tar heroin from a Marietta woman arrested Wednesday night.

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR HEROIN POSSESSION: Marietta police, Washington County sheriff's deputies and the Major Crimes Task Force on Wednesday arrested a Marietta woman who reportedly had 60 balloons of heroin concealed in a body cavity.

The woman at the center of a recent sex scandal that resulted in two city safety service employees losing their jobs, another being demoted and a sheriff's deputy resigning was indicted on drug trafficking charges Monday by a Washington County grand jury.

Three Ohio counties made it on a nationwide list of the country's 44 high hazard potential areas.

A Marietta man suspected of calling in a series of February bomb threats to area hospitals and businesses was indicted Monday by a Washington County grand jury.

Two alleged sex scandals in Washington County have caught the public's attention, and now it's dipping into their wallets as well.

A woman who made allegations of misconduct against four authority figures in Marietta and Washington County has been indicted on drug charges.

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

The former Bartlett school will soon be home to a local welding fabrication business that could bring a few jobs into western Washington County.

A Marietta city policeman and firefighter recently terminated after being accused of having sex with a woman while on duty have filed grievances through their unions seeking to get their jobs back.

Officials are in the process of filling the positions left open after an alleged sex scandal in Washington County.

A Marietta city firefighter has been dismissed and two police officers have had hearings, as a result of an investigation into accusations of inappropriate conduct by officers in Marietta and Washington County.