LOGAN, Ohio — Fallout from the arrest and removal of one Marietta woman from a middle school football game at Logan continued Thursday. Alecia Dawn Kitts, 34, of 140 Clifton St., Marietta, was arrested by Logan City Police Officer Chris Smith, who serves as the Logan Hocking School District ...
PARKERSBURG — Changes continue to the voting precinct locations as Wood County officials prepare for the November general election. County Clerk Mark Rhodes appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday for an update on where things stand. Representatives at Beechwood Presbyterian ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission is thinking about a local lab to test medical marijuana samples. Commission President Blair Couch was among local officials who toured a lab at Hocking College in Nelsonville. Local officials are interested in trying to set up a local lab to ...
CHARLESTON — Six more people including a man from Pleasants County are among the confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported Thursday morning. The death toll from the virus in West Virginia was at 325 people. The department ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — For the second time in school history, Williamstown Elementary School Thursday was named a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School. After first receiving the award in 2008, Williamstown Elementary was among 367 public and private schools selected this year by the U.S. Department of ...
WASHINGTON — A resolution offered by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., calling for the peaceful and orderly transititon of power after the election in November was approved by unanimous consent Thursday by the U.S. Senate. The resolution was in response to President Donald Trump on Wednesday ...
VIENNA — Vienna City Council met Thursday evening to discuss an update on the Small Business Relief Fund, dead and diseased tree removal and progress on the Johns Manville property. The dead and diseased tree ordinance was passed unanimously for its final reading. The ordinance gives the ...
PARKERSBURG — The YMCA of Parkersburg will hold a two-day pickleball tournament Oct. 10-11. Players of all skill levels will have the opportunity to support a good cause while participating in men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles. Pickleball is a paddleball sport that’s grown in ...
HARRISVILLE — A former employee of the WVU Extension Service in Ritchie County was sentenced after pleading guilty to misappropriating funds and fraudulently collecting reimbursements totaling thousands of dollars earlier this year. From Jan. 1, 2016, to Feb. 29, 2020, Stephanie Deem ...
MARIETTA — An archaeologist at The Castle will lead a tour of the mounds in Marietta. Wes Clarke will provide a detailed look at the mounds including Conus at Mound Cemetery, the Capitolium, Quadranaou and Sacra Via from noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 17 and 2:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 17. The rain-or-shine ...
RAVENSWOOD — Free COVID-19 testing will be held noon- 6 p.m. Saturday at Riverfront Park in Ravenswood in Jackson County, the Department of Health and Human Resources said. Testing is available to everyone, including asymptomatic individuals.
CHARLESTON — The state makes COVID-19 infection data available for deaths, hospitalizations, long-term care facilities, and correctional facilities, but some are wondering why neither the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human Resources makes data publicly available for ...
LOGAN - The Logan Police Department confirms Logan Hocking Local Schools were on lock down Thursday due to threats to both the school system and the police department. Protesters with signs stating "back the blue, stand with Smitty and Smitty you make the world a better place" stood outside of ...
PARKERSBURG — Superintendent Will Hosaflook and the Wood County Board of Education announced Tuesday that Wood County schools will be dropping the local district’s color-coded system to eliminate confusion with the state’s school alert system map. The district’s Stoplight System of ...
PARKERSBURG — Retired teachers in Wood County can work as substitutes without losing retirement benefits, the Board of Education decided on Tuesday. The purpose is to employ retirees as substitutes during a school year on an expanded basis in areas of critical need and shortage. Under ...
PARKERSBURG — A virtual ribbon cutting was held Wednesday for the West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s new Center for Civic Engagement in downtown Parkersburg. Due to ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held virtually on the Facebook pages of WVU-P and the ...
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — President Donald Trump predicted Tuesday in 42 days he will repeat his performance of 2016 and win Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. “I’m all for fracking,” he told the crowd. “My opponent is against oil, guns and God.” The Republican incumbent in the ...
PARKERSBURG — It will be a dark and stormy night and the scene for murder at the Actors Guild of Parkersburg when “Clue: Stay-At-Home Edition” is performed online at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are available on the Guild website at www.actors-guild.com and are $18.95 per device, ...
CHARLESTON — Lawsuits continue to pile up for Gov. Jim Justice with Morgantown bar owners challenging an executive order indefinitely shutting them down due to COVID-19 coronavirus infections among university students. Wheeling attorney Martin Sheehan filed a complaint in the U.S. District ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University will resume in-person undergraduate classes on the Morgantown campus beginning Monday, the university announced Wednesday afternoon. “The data drove our decision and I am so delighted all indications are we can safely return to in-person ...