MARIETTA – Washington County Commissioners on Thursday approved the sheriff's office request for additional appropriations in the jail fund, leading to a discussion on jail capacity and costs. for the housing of inmates at the Monroe County Jail at the Washington County Commissioners ...
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The top court in Massachusetts has refused to stop the judge in the Lindsay Clancy case from declaring a mistrial, the judge said in court on Friday, after jurors said for a third time they could not reach a verdict. Judge William Sullivan announced in court that ...
MARIETTA — Mayor Josh Schlicher has vetoed two pieces of legislation involving the use of city-owned property near Knox Park, telling Marietta City Council on Thursday that officials still need to reach an agreement with adjoining property owners. Schlicher returned unsigned Ordinance 80 ...
BELLEVILLE – A Point Pleasant man was hospitalized after his vehicle was struck by a train Friday morning. According to a release from the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, deputies, firefighters and emergency medical personnel were dispatched just after 9 a.m. Friday to a railroad crossing at Harris Highway and Belleville Drive. A 2019 Kia Sorento operated by Gregory Grimm, 61, of Point Pleasant, was halfway across the tracks when the vehicle was struck by a southbound CSX train, the release said. The train came to a stop approximately one-quarter of a mile away from the crossing, ...
Data centers have emerged as a central battleground in the 2026 midterm elections. As they have, a Columbus man has spent many months traveling the country learning what the fuss is about: Complaints of noise and pollution, strain on the electricity grid, loss of local control to fabulously wealthy tech giants — and the possibility that a trillion-dollar speculative bubble is about to burst. In addition, data centers power AI chatbots that have been accused of engaging in sexual conversations with minors and failing to discourage them from suicide. Even among adults, excessive use of ...
MARIETTA — The City of Marietta and Friends of Fort Harmar received the Marietta Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution’s annual Flag Award on Wednesday at the Fort Harmar Memorial in Harmar Square. The award recognizes exemplary patriotism in displaying the American flag. The ...
