COLUMBUS - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Tuesday he wants to abolish the death penalty in Ohio. His announcement included a nine-page document with his personal accounts on the subject as well as statistics and detailed examples to support his conclusion. His document included his ...
CHARLESTON — An alleged plot to attack last Sunday's Ultimate Fighting Championship Freedom 250 event at the White House also targeted several lawmakers, including West Virginia's entire congressional delegation and a member of the House of Delegates. The U.S. Department of Justice ...
The Washington County Republican Central Committee on Monday appointed Joe Derkin as both prosecutor and the GOP nominee for the same position on the November ballot. At the same meeting, held at the Washington County Emergency Operations Building, committee members unanimously approved the certification of Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Nicole Tipton Coil as a candidate for that post this fall, according to Lyndsay Dennis, secretary of the central committee. The selections were made in response to Coil’s appointment by Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine as common pleas judge ...
Marietta Main Street will celebrate the start of summer on Saturday with the June Shop Hop from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. downtown. Nearly 20 businesses will participate, with every purchase at one of those establishments earning a raffle ticket for a chance to win a prize basket. Participating businesses will be highlighted by balloons outside their entrances and will be offering special promotions, sales and discounts. Jennifer Tinkler, executive director of Marietta Main Street, said in a release that the seasonal Shop Hops bring the downtown retailers, all independently owned, a ...
The Marietta City Schools Board of Education met Tuesday evening with board members of the Mid-Ohio Valley Aquatic Center to further discuss the possibility of a pool on the school’s campus. Although there were no decisions made regarding the pool proposition, both boards advanced the ...
MARIETTA — The Humane Society of the Ohio Valley is asking the community for help as overcrowding and funding concerns threaten the shelter’s no-kill status. Readers who are willing and able to adopt a pet can find profiles on specific animals in the Marietta Times’ Furever Friends ...
