VIENNA — Vienna Mayor Chad Emrick said Vienna currently operates as a nonpartisan community and that structure shapes how local elections and governance function. “Vienna functions as a nonpartisan community, in a sense, when it comes to the election of the mayor and the council,” Emrick ...
CHARLESTON — Jeff Kessler, a former long-time state senator and former president of the West Virginia Senate, has a history of public service to the Northern Panhandle and the state. After taking a break from public service, Kessler wants to represent West Virginia in the U.S. ...
PARKERSBURG — Body or dash cameras for police, loosening restrictions on the public forum and all city workers making at least $15 an hour were among the priorities pitched by members of Parkersburg City Council during a recent Committee of the Whole meeting. Council President Andrew ...
PARKERSBURG — A number of communities were experiencing broken water lines on Friday due to cold and ice shifting the ground and moving waterlines. Line ruptures have been reported in Parkersburg, Marietta and Belpre with crews out Thursday and Friday repairing lines. Eric Bennett, general ...
CHARLESTON — A Wood County man and an Ohio County man were the victims in two separate fatal fires that occurred Thursday night, according to the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office. The first fire was located in Valley Grove, Ohio County. The victim in that fire was a 29-year-old ...
MARIETTA — Taking inspiration from her mother’s health care career, Marietta High School senior Hayleigh Chidester has decided to follow in the same path. Although she has yet to graduate, she has been accepted into The Ohio State University bachelor of science in nursing ...