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Corporal punishment in schools might have been acceptable in the 20th century, but paddling students should no longer be allowed now.

An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and other agencies into a paddling incident at a Jackson County school has resulted in the indictment of a

A teacher and assistant principal at a Jackson County elementary school were arrested Tuesday following an investigation into reports of a student at the school being paddled.

Vicki Lynn (Autry) Patterson went to be with the Lord in Heaven on October 16, 2023 at the age of 74 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Vicki was born on February 14, 1949 in Pampa, Texas to Joe and Norma Jean …

The Rescue Mission of Roanoke has entered a new partnership with Blue Ridge Racing to handle race management of this year’s Drumstick Dash 5K run and family walk.

jpatterson@mariettatimes.com 115-117 Gilman Ave. in Marietta have been declared by the Washington County Common Pleas Court to be both a blight and public nuisance as defined by Ohio law. Deadlines and timelines are still drawing scrutiny in Marietta following a court declaration of blight and a public nuisance on Gilman Avenue. But the court’s deadline for the city law director to return a journal entry was not met Monday, nor each subsequent day through Wednesday. “I talked with Judge (Jo...

Apr 26, 2021 Photo by Jenna Pierson Students at Ely Chapman Education Foundation collect socks for their sock tree, which was then donated to a local homeless drop-in center. Students at the Ely Chapman Education Foundation learned the importance of giving back to their community through the creation of a sock tree, which was then donated to the homeless drop-in center on Front Street in Marietta. Through a partnership Ely Chapman has with The Right Path for Washington County, which promotes ot...

April 21, 2021 We, the Marietta AARP Tax-Aides, want to give many thanks to all the people who have helped us over the years. First to the Knights of Columbus for allowing us to use their site for so many wonderful years. Due to the COVID restrictions this year we were unable to use their place. We were ... April 16, 2021 Medication Take Back Day is Saturday April 24, 2021, 10 a.m to 2 p.m. This is an opportunity to dispose of unused, expired and/or unwanted medication. There are several dispos...

jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Isabel Luke, 11, looks up at animal books while her older sister Maddison, center, browses graphic novels with Washington County Public Libraries’ bookmobile driver Andrea Ralston on Thursday at Flander’s Field in the lower west side of Marietta. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) Three days a week she’s traversing back roads and river bottoms, in a little blue and white vehicle. “I listen to podcasts on the drive,” she shared Thursday, after pulling onto ...

jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Middle school students are escorted to a pedestrian refuge island on Glendale Road by Mellissa Farley on Wednesday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) A tractor-trailer pulls off of Franklin Street in the lower west side of Marietta and onto Clinton Street on Wednesday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) Middle school students are escorted to a pedestrian refuge island on Glendale Road by Mellissa Farley on Wednesday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) Adjusting to the virtu...