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Eastern Panhandle woman among many remembered at 9/11 Pentagon Memorial

ARLINGTON, Va. — Out of the 184 lives lost on 9/11, when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked by five members of the terrorist organization, al-Qaeda, and crashed into the Pentagon, at least one was an Eastern Panhandle resident. Shepherdstown resident Shelley Marshall was working in her office, on the southwest side of the Pentagon, when the Boeing 757-200 aircraft, flying from Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, came crashing out of the sky. The day was to be her next-to-last as a budget analyst in the comptroller's office of the Defense ...

Minnites remember witnessing 9/11 from LaGuardia

PARKERSBURG –– Kristin and Jason Minnite were seated aboard a U.S. Air commuter plane at LaGuardia Airport, waiting to return home from a trip to New York City, when they saw smoke rising from the World Trade Center. Their plane was fifth in line for takeoff on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, according to an account published the next day in The Parkersburg Sentinel. The Minnites had no way of knowing then that their flight would not leave or that the attack would reshape the nation. The couple had traveled to New York with Jason’s sister, Marlene Colombo, and attended a Michael ...

Local events

Meetings ¯ Washington County Family & Children First Council will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 16, at the Washington County E.O.C. office, 204 Davis Avenue, Suite C. For more information, call 740-376-7081. ¯ The Washington State College of Ohio Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Sept. 21, in room H108 of the Main Building. ¯ Palmer Township will hold meetings at 7 p.m. Oct. 5, Nov. 2 and Dec. 7, at the Palmer Community Building, 7153 State Route 676, in Palmer Square. ¯ The Belpre Township trustees will meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at 335 ...

Around Town

Baked steak dinner VFW Post #5108 will hold a baked steak dinner from 5-7 p.m. today at the Post Home, 319 Pike St., Marietta. A meal is $15 per person and includes baked steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and rolls. Call 740-374-9038 for more information or for carry-out. Annual Chili Cook-Off Beverly American Legion Post 389 will hold its 16th Annual Chili Cook-Off on Saturday during the American Legion Auxiliary Poker Run. The first bike out will be at 11 a.m. Last bike out will be at 1 p.m. The event is $10 per person. Food serving begins at 1 p.m. The Chili ...

Prosecutor: Man accused of crimes in Acton incident didn’t commit felonies

CANFIELD — Patrick Havas, who is alleged to have lunged at Amy Acton, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, during an incident Sunday afternoon at the Canfield Fair, did not commit any offenses that rise to felonies, Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro said. Havas, 38, of Canfield, was ...

Ohio State University, three other Ohio universities receive an ‘F’ in latest free speech rankings

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave four Ohio colleges and universities a failing grade on their 2027 College Free Speech rankings. The survey ranked 261 colleges and universities after receiving responses from nearly 63,000 students who were surveyed via College Pulse from Jan. 2 through June 3. 13 Ohio colleges and universities were ranked between No. 64 and 237. Half of students surveyed nationwide said the Israeli–Palestinian conflict was difficult to openly discuss on campus. Slightly less than half (46%) of students said President Donald Trump was ...