Rep Johnson Visits Southern Border, Mystery Donor, MC Baseball

MARIETTA, OH — Good morning Marietta. Happy Thursday, here are a few of the top stories, there are a couple of gems here today.

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Congressman Bill Johnson visits the Southern Border: This week, Southeastern Ohio's Congressman Bill Johnson made a trip to the Rio Grande section of the southern border. He said he witnessed humanitarian, health, and national security crises. Johnson said reversing Trump's immigration policies was clearly the wrong move. He wants Biden to come down to see the crisis himself, he says ignoring it won't make it go away.

Mystery donor gives enough for 35 kids to read: The Kiwanis club recently donated enough money to the Marietta Community Foundation to register 25 kids for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. This is a program that gets children's books into the hands of children under the age of 6. The MCF says an anonymous donor heard about that story, and when they learned there was still a waiting list of 35 kids, they took action. This mystery donor gave enough so that every kid who wanted books through the program got books. The cost was $25 a kid, so thank you mystery donor!

Washington County first responders receive awards: Hannah Stutler of WTAP reports that six Washington County first responders were honored at the Muskingum Valley Beverly-Waterford Chamber of Commerce Public Service Awards Luncheon. The recipients of this year’s Public Service Awards were: Patrolman Robert Ritchie of the Marietta City Police Department, Firefighter Logan Mahaney of the Marietta City Fire Department, Lieutenant Spencer McPeek of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, EMT Emily Seaman of Washington County EMS, Firefighter Russell Ewing of the Washington County Volunteer Firefighters, Dispatcher Amanda Townsend of the City of Belpre.

Etta Express looks unstoppable: On Wednesday, the Marietta College baseball team won another couple of games. They picked up a doubleheader sweep against Otterbein University. They won the first game 11-6 and the second 11-3. With two back-to-back doubleheader wins, Marietta's record now stands at 25-3 overall, 24-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. There are only eight games left in the regular season, the Pioneers have already secured a spot in the six-team OAC Tournament.

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