Rally for answers

JEFFREY SAULTON Special to the Times Marietta residents Jayne Stehle, Michelle Stevens and Annelle Edwards hold up their signs during the rally Saturday. About 200 people protesting the policies of Republican leaders, including Congressman Bill Johnson and President Donald Trump, gathered at the Start Westward monument at Muskingum Park on Saturday in Marietta.

Ohio drillers say 6 shale counties saw $43M tax bump

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Oil-and-gas drillers in Ohio have paid $43 million in property taxes to local governments and schools in six shale counties since 2011, according to a report released Thursday.The finding by the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and Energy In Depth Ohio, a natural-gas research and education group, comes as Republican Gov. John Kasich … (more)