Marietta News

Washington County's population fell by 115 people from July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2008, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released this week.

The tinkling sounds of children's music aren't the only signs of an ice cream truck making its way around Marietta's streets.

The Major Crimes Task Force recovered $3,000 in black-tar heroin from a Marietta woman arrested Wednesday night.

Ohio lawmakers and Gov. Ted Strickland plan to work this weekend to get a state budget deal completed by Tuesday.

The woman at the center of a recent sex scandal that resulted in two city safety service employees losing their jobs, another being demoted and a sheriff's deputy resigning was indicted on drug trafficking charges Monday by a Washington County grand jury.

A Marietta man suspected of calling in a series of February bomb threats to area hospitals and businesses was indicted Monday by a Washington County grand jury.

Family: Wife, Melissa; son, Christopher, 16. Employment: Human resources director, Americas Styrenics .

Construction is moving right along on the Washington Street Bridge in Marietta. The bridge has been closed for about three weeks, and Ohio Department of Transportation Public Information Officer David Rose says 'so far, so good.' Rose says crews spent the day Friday doing a dry-run of the concrete deck pouring, which will happen Tuesday.

A number of activities are planned in the Mid-Ohio Valley during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Marietta City Council's lands, buildings and parks committee continued to deliberate Tuesday whether to replace or rehabilitate the fence surrounding the city's Mound Cemetery.

A wet June keeps getting wetter. Heavy showers fell on Marietta around 4 p.m., and more rain is expected tonight and tomorrow.

In June 1970, a 5-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was scooped up and carried, crutches and all, by a complete stranger as she struggled to walk from ride to ride at an amusement park outing for handicapped children.

One officer fired, another demoted: One Marietta police officer was fired and another demoted as a result of an administrative investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior.

Another nice turnout is expected when the 16th annual Cincinnati Reds Legends clinic gets underway at the Marietta VFW baseball field at 10 a.m. Monday, June 22.

A Marietta firefighter accused of being involved in a sex scandal was fired at the completion of an internal investigation, city officials said Monday.

For those who love to head out with a basket or a bucket and pick their own just-ripened strawberries to take home, the time is now.

What: Community disposal of medications. When: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 24.

The possibility of using federal stimulus monies to build a fire station in the Pike Street area was the main topic of discussion during Thursday's meeting of Marietta City Council's police and fire committee.

With the Washington Street Bridge temporarily closed, city officials in Marietta have taken measures to keep traffic moving smoothly.

EXTRA: Thunderstorm watch; Marietta crash; DESPITE THUNDERSTORM WATCH, MILD WEATHER PREDICTED: Washington County is under a severe thunderstorm watch, but a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Charleston, W.Va., says the strongest storms have already passed.