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Washington County Harvest of Hope surpasses 2 million pounds of rescued food

The Washington County Harvest of Hope achieved a significant milestone on Feb. 26 by surpassing 2 million pounds of rescued and redistributed food since its founding in 2006. Starting with a handful of volunteers, Harvest of Hope operates with more than 50 individuals using a refrigerated ...

Lower Salem man sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual exploitation of minors

Staff Reports COLUMBUS — A Lower Salem man was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors in the U.S. and the Philippines. James A. Sabolick, 58, brought a West Vriginia minor to his Washington County hunting cabin to engage in illicit sex acts and sent money to Filipino women for their basic living expenses in exchange for child sexual abuse material, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office media release. Sabolick pleaded guilt in January to two counts of sexually exploiting a minor and one count of possessing child pornography, the ...

Washington County marriages and divorces

The following applications for marriage licenses were filed in the Washington County Courthouse in June: *Timothy Andrew Stutzman, 26, Stockport, and Annette Kristina Hershberger, 22, Waterford, June 3 *Jabez Paul Montero Ambrocio, 23, Marietta, and Danielle Grace Mamaril Morales, 24, Marietta, June 3 *Logan Charles Cannon, 27, Vienna, and Anja Eshbaugh, 25, Vienna, June 4 *Nathan Andrew Stone, 44, Belpre, and Cortney Laine Huff, 42, Belpre, June 4 *Sierra Dallas Long, 25, Waterford, and Brandon Bauerbauch, 31, Waterford, June 5 *Angela Renee Sparks, 40, Belpre, and Victor Dwayne ...

Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president's son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Jurors found ...

Man accused in 2023 death among indictments

A man accused of causing the death of a Parkersburg woman riding in his vehicle when he crashed into a tree last year was among 18 people indicted this week by a Washington County Grand Jury. Timothee Lee Singer, 30, last known address 73 Indian Head Drive, Heath, Ohio, was indicted on one count of first-degree felony aggravated vehicular homicide and a fourth-degree felony of vehicular homicide. Nicole Kelly, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene of the June 16, 2023, crash. She was a passenger in a 2006 Ford Fusion driven by Singer that was traveling east on Ohio 676 when it went off ...

Washington County Grand Jury

The Washington County Grand Jury indicted 24 people this week on a variety of charges. The following indictments were issued: * Marcus Evan MacAuley, 18, Marietta, third-degree strangulation, fourth-degree strangulation, and first-degree misdemeanor domestic violence. * La’Montae Dushawn Ray, 32, 1628 Carlyon Road, Cleveland, third-degree having weapons while under disability with a weapon forfeiture specification. * Taylor Cain Mullins, 26, 27 Armstrong Road, Summersville, W.Va., first-degree trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound with a major drug offender specification ...