City officials still don’t want to commit to hiring additional firefighters. Instead they want the fire department’s third-party billing system to continue to subsidize the city’s general fund. » Full Story

100 years ago

Probably more than a hundred Mariettans were in the crowd of thirteen hundred people who witnessed the game at Blennerhassett Island Sunday afternoon between the Brooklyn Nat » Full Story

Not every fire makes the newspaper and of those that do, real people are in need behind the headlines and the photos. » Full Story

100 years ago

- The beautiful Kraft homestead above Reno was the scene of a very pleasant meeting of the Valley Farmer’s Club today. » Full Story

Temperatures are forecast to hit 90 on Sunday, making it a perfect day for the 25th annual Broughton Ice Cream Social. » Full Story

50 years ago

= Four teaching positions remain to be filled in the Marietta Public Schools, it was announced at the Marietta Board of Education’s monthly meeting Wednesday evening at the hi » Full Story

When the national school standards program No Child Left Behind was launched, it was hailed as the means by which the United States would hold schools and educators accountable for how well they are t » Full Story

100 years ago

= At a meeting of the County Commissioners and the State Highway Commissioner, J. C. » Full Story

Notifying the public more quickly that food could be tainted with E. coli will help save lives. » Full Story

We shouldn’t be shocked by the American Academy of Pediatrics making a recommendation that children as young as age 8 be given anti-cholesterol medication, as well as wider cholesterol testing for chi » Full Story