🌱 Fusion Ordered To Pay + Warrant

Hey, Marietta! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. These are the most important things happening around Marietta today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; breezy, cooler. High: 60 Low: 41.

Here are the top two stories in Marietta today:

1. Local restaurant Fusion has been ordered by a federal court to pay back wages in damages. The Vienna-based eatery, just a short drive from Marietta, owes $1.45 million to workers who were paid off the books and denied overtime rates. $725,000 of that amount was for back wages alone. (Subscription: Marietta Times)
2. The Washington County Sheriff's Office is seeking any information on the whereabouts of Debra Lee Sampson. There is a warrant out for Sampson for two counts of failure to appear and two counts of forgery; she was originally charged for receiving stolen property. Sampson's last known address was on State Route 7 in Marietta. (Washington County Sheriff's Office)

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Today in Marietta:

• Diabetic Friendly Cooking Class: Meatloaf At Belpre Medical Campus (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• What an incredible showing at Washington Elementary's Title 1 Literacy and Math night! (Facebook)
• Memorial Health System encourages the community to say "thank you" to their favorite physician on National Doctor’s Day (Mar. 30) by writing a note and making a gift in their honor at mhsystem.org/thanksdoc.(Facebook)
• Marietta College Softball loses two close games to Ohio Wesleyan. (Facebook)

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— Dan Casarella

About me: Dan Casarella is a writer, podcast producer, and small business development specialist who formerly worked in late-night television. He’s produced many talk segments, including with President Joe Biden, Kobe Bryant, and Chadwick Boseman. Dan studied Media Studies and Production at Temple University. He also enjoys running, painting, and the highs and lows of Philadelphia’s sports teams.