🌱 Marietta Hospital Close To Capacity + Marietta Adoptable Pets

Good morning, Marietta! Like many of you, the Patch team is taking some time off to celebrate the New Year, so there will not be a newsletter in your inbox tomorrow. We appreciate your understanding of this slight pause in our schedule, and I will be back on Monday with the next edition of the Marietta Daily! Now, here's everything happening around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Mainly cloudy and mild. High: 58 Low: 52.

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Here are the top stories today in Marietta:

1. Marietta hospitals are close to capacity according to recent statistics given to the federal government in the last week of December. The percent of inpatient beds used is 96.69% at Marietta Memorial Hospital while Selby General Hospital's percent of inpatient beds used is 62.86%. (Marietta Patch)
2. The Marietta, Ohio animal shelters have dogs, rabbits, cats, and more pets available for adoption. Volunteers encourage potential pet owners to consider beginning at a local adoption agency like Humane Society Of The Ohio Valley and then finding their (Marietta Patch)
3. Campus Martius Museum held a Visit with the Pioneers day on Wednesday. Visitors could meet with some of Marietta's citizens from the early 19th century in the house of Gen. Rufus Putnam, listen to fiddle music and get questions answered. (Marietta Times)

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Today in Marietta:

• New Year's Eve Around the World - Valley Gem Sternwheeler (8:00 P.M.)

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From my notebook:

• According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Marietta, Ohio, a Marietta resident was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Agents with the Southeastern Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. On 29 Dec. 2021, Daniel Earl Sciance Jr., age 25 agreed to meet with who he believed to be a 15-year-old female to engage in sexual activity. Agents then intercepted Sciance in the 100 block of Gross Street and took him into custody. (Facebook)
• On Dec. 28, Sandy Lee Taylor, 43 was taken into custody by deputies from the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Marietta, Ohio for assault. The assault is a misdemeanor. (Facebook)
• The Marietta Times broke the news of Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction on December 29. She was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein; the verdict capped a month-long trial that included sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14. (Facebook)

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About me: Sean Peek is a writer and entrepreneur with a degree in English Literature from Weber State University. Over the years, he has worked as a copywriter, editor, SEO specialist, and marketing director for various digital media companies. He currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.