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Marriages/Divorces

The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the Washington County Courthouse: ¯ Ashley Morgan Johnson, 28, Waterford, and Jacob Evan McCutcheon, 27, Waterford, Nov. 2. ¯ Brooke Hope McCartney, 20, Cutler, and Gavin Michael Coleman, 24, Cutler, Nov. 3. ¯ Melinda Lou Calvert, 57, Whipple, and Carl Franklin McArdle, 71, Whipple, Nov. 6. ¯ Melissa Sue Weaver, 49, Jewett, and Joseph Richard O’Ferrell, 74, Belpre, Nov. 6. ¯ Lisa Lee Runnion, 28, Marietta, and Ian Slade Patterson, 30, Marietta, Nov. 6. ¯ Courtney Nicole Clegg, 29, Little Hocking, and ...

Washington County Sheriff’s reports

Washington County Sheriff Oct. 7: ¯ Deputies assisted the Marietta Police Department attempting to locate a hit/skip vehicle. ¯ A deputy responded to assist an employee who was being harassed by a family member at their employment. ¯ Deputies assisted the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Little Hocking VFD on a crash in Belpre Township. ¯ Deputies met with an individual who stated a child assaulted them. The child was counseled on his behavior and options explained to the parents. ¯ A deputy responded to a call of target shooting ricocheting onto another property. The ...

Ohio State Highway Patrol

William M. Casteel, 21, 50 Michaelis Road, Marietta, driving a 2008 Kia Spectra owned by Angela K. Conaut, 811 Lancaster St., Marietta, was making a right turn onto Township Road 274 northbound from Ohio 550 westbound in Warren Township Oct. 23 when R. Yost Dawn, 49, 455 Warrior Drive, Vincent, driving a school bus owned by Warren Local Schools Washington County, 220 Sweetapple Road, Vincent, was making a right turn onto Ohio 550 westbound from Township Road 274 southbound. Casteel struck Dawn and the 22 passengers aboard the school bus. There were no injuries and no charges were listed. ...

Roundup

The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the Washington County Courthouse: Travis Duane Malone, 34, St. Marys, and Katrina Lynn Hamilton, 34, St. Marys, Oct. 26. Nathan Richard Ward, 27, Marietta, and Kaylee Marlena Dye, 27, Marietta, Nov. 1. Louisa Anne Paugstat, 23, Marietta, and Xavier Alexander Williams, 21, Beavercreek, Nov. 1. James Joseph Stein, 39, New Matamoras, and Rose Lee Richards, 38, New Matamoras, Nov. 1. Divorces and dissolutions granted: Jordan Shea Baird, 34, Stockport, and Shawn Michael Baird, 30, Bolivar, Pennsylvania, ...

3 arrested in Washington County drug bust

MARIETTA – Three Akron men are in custody at the Washington County Jail on charges related to alleged drug trafficking. The arrests followed a traffic stop Tuesday at mile marker 10 on Interstate 77 in Salem Township, according to a release from the Washington County Sheriff’s ...

Marietta Police Department

Oct. 17: ¯ Police were dispatched to the Knox Street Apartments on Second Street about a male subject unresponsive in a green Kia 4-door vehicle. Police requested the Marietta Fire Department to check on the male. A K-9 sniff for illegal narcotics indicated on the driver’s door. Meth, paraphernalia and drug abuse instruments were seized from the driver’s door. The meth will be sent to the lab for testing. Oct. 18: ¯ Police responded to Bridgeport Equipment on Acme Street about a theft that occurred Oct. 13. Police responded to the Dollar General on Gross Street about a ...