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Marietta remembrance ceremony honors 25th anniversary of 9/11

MARIETTA – A morning ceremony for the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, organized by local veterans groups, took place Friday morning. The event featured keynote speaker David Brown, adjunct and treasurer of DAV Chapter 52, and a silent procession from Reno to Marietta. ...

Ramaswamy discusses data centers, property taxes in Marietta

MARIETTA – Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy used a campaign visit to Marietta on Friday to outline proposals addressing data centers, property taxes and services for veterans while marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Ramaswamy met with Gold ...

Two suspects in NC murder dead in Ohio

ATHENS – Two suspects in a North Carolina homicide are dead Friday after a pursuit in Athens and Jackson counties, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. An automated license plate reader shortly before 8:20 a.m. Friday identified a black Mercedez-Benz registered to an owner wanted in a murder ...

Lawsuit filed over alleged contamination from Chemours landfill

CHARLESTON – A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Washington, W.Va., residents who say their property was contaminated by hazardous materials – including forever chemicals – from a landfill used by Chemours. Filed Sept. 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, the complaint alleges that hazardous chemicals including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, were released from the landfill and migrated through surrounding soil, groundwater and other pathways, according to a release from R. Booth Goodwin II, one ...

Fort Frye awarded grants for STEM, hygiene needs

BEVERLY — Fort Frye Local Schools has received $12,000 in grants from the AEP Ohio Foundation to support career-technical education and student health needs. Fort Frye High School received a $10,000 STEM grant to purchase a programmable logic controller for its career-technical ...