Death toll from train derailment in Pakistan rises to 30, 90 others injured

August 7, 2023

By Asim Tanveer Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90 others as rescue operations completed by early evening, officials said. Ten cars of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed and some overturned, near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah, trapping many passengers, said senior railway officer Mahmoodur Rehman Lakho. Local television showed rescue teams extracting women, children and elderly passengers from damaged and overturned cars. Some of the injured were lying on the ground crying for ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine

August 1, 2023

BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks' cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist ...

Suspect arrested with 1.51 pounds of alleged meth

July 31, 2023

From staff reports An Akron man is in jail after deputies recovered more than a pound-and-a-half of suspected methamphetamine from his car, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Joe’Veon Penson-Willis, 21, 810 Amberhill Drive, Apt. B, Akron, is being held on a $100,000 bond after he was charged with a first-degree felony count of trafficking in meth and a third-degree felony count of trafficking in heroin, a release from the sheriff’s office said. A black sedan driven by Penson-Willis was stopped near mile marker 1 on Interstate 77 Thursday evening after a deputy ...

Washington County May Property Transfers

July 25, 2023

Adams Township ¯ Sarah B. McNabb to Jason T. Camp and Sara B. Camp fka Sarah B. McNabb, $0, quit claim deed ¯ Kenneth W. Stehly to Christine M. Tucker and Michael Stehly, $0, affidavit Aurelius Township ¯ Tianna M. Swain Et. Al, $0, quit claim deed ¯Carl Ray Petry to Connie M. Petry, $0, certificate of transfer ¯ Tianna M. Swain Et. Al to Tianna M. Swain, $0, quit claim deed, ¯ Janet Lee Evans to Angela Wriston and David W. Evans, $0, certificate of transfer Barlow Township ¯ Helen Venham to Isaac Tullius, $149,000, warranty deed ¯ Theodore B and ...

Marietta Police Department reports

July 19, 2023

Marietta Police July 11: ∫ Police were dispatched to Gilman United Methodist Church on Gilman Avenue about criminal damaging. Upon arrival police talked to the complainant, who reported someone damaged a concrete bench outside the church. ∫ Police were dispatched to the 800 block of Washington Street about a disturbance. Upon arrival and after investigation, it was learned that females were involved in a physical altercation. July 12: ∫Police investigated a subject refusing to leave the Comfort Suites. Deborah Windbigler, 60, was arrested and jailed for trespass, ...

April Property Transfers

July 19, 2023

Washington County property transfers for April Adams Township ∫ Brenda S. Huck and Christina L. Merry to David Lang and Kelly Land, $84,699, joint survivorship deed ∫Donna Jean Graham to Luke and Sarah Bauserman, $650,000, warranty deed Aurelius Township ∫Carl R. and Connie M. Petry to Connie Petry aka Connie M. Petry, $0, affidavit Barlow Township ∫ Daniel and Kathy A. Long to 21st Mortgage Corporation, $45,100, Sheriff’s deed ∫ Kevin G. Anderson and Kathy A. Kiggans to Kevin Gene Anderson, affidavit ∫ Charles Ray Kidder and Marcy A. Ellis to Dereck ...