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The Washington County Commissioners are quietly finishing out the calendar year 2020. Commissioners met Wednesday morning for a short business meeting to handle additional appropriations for capital projects, salaries and life insurance. An annual lease agreement between the O’Neill Center and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program was approved. Commissioner David White said it is for RSVP to have offices in the O’Neill Center. “That lease has been in place for a very long time,” he said, noting the City of Marietta leases the property to the O’Neill Center for $1 per year, who then l...

Screenshot of Kenton Barker from Washington County Jail. A Parkersburg man will be released before Christmas after pleading guilty Wednesday morning to possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Kenton Barker, 23, of 615 17th St., virtually appeared before Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge John Halliday to be sentenced to 30 days in jail with a credit for 24 days served. He also received two years community control. Barker was arrested on June 10, 2019, after a traffic stop in Belpre found him allegedly driving a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu without the consent of the owner. He was indicte...

Kenton Barker appears remotely before Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge John Halliday. (Screen Capture) MARIETTA — A Parkersburg man will be released before Christmas after pleading guilty Wednesday morning to possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Kenton Barker, 23, of 615 17th St., virtually appeared before Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge John Halliday to be sentenced to 30 days in jail with a credit for 24 days served. He also received two years community control. Barker was arrested on June 10, 2019, after a traffic stop in Belpre found him allegedly driving a 2...

mnewbanks@mariettatimes.com An evaluation will decide whether or not a 23-year-old Kent resident is competent to stand trial after being accused of rape in July. Defense attorney Rolf Baumgartel filed a motion suggesting incompetence in two cases against his client, Jordan Ross Dieffenbach of 1366 Elizabeth Court, Kent. Baumgartel spoke at a virtual hearing Wednesday afternoon in front of Washington County Common Pleas Judge John Halliday, saying he has reason to believe there are competency issues. “We’ve had an independent competency evaluation done, which is why this has come up,” Ba...

Submitting... John Halliday: The Monkey Palace, Fine Art Society, Edinburgh Born in 1933, John Halliday is a veteran, but his art is not as well known as it should be. Perhaps this is because he has lived and worked in Kirkcudbright almost all his life. It is also true, however, that he has had a very successful career as a painter of architectural decorations which by their nature can’t be put in exhibitions and so, while no doubt delighting their private patrons, they have remained largely unseen by the wider public. The Fine Art Society helped put the record straight, however, with a ret...