PARKERSBURG — Local nature photographer Danny Carpenter is the featured artist this month at WesBanco at 415 Market St. Carpenter stepped in after a family emergency prevented the artist originally scheduled for August from exhibiting. His display features previously exhibited wildlife ...
PARKERSBURG – About 1,000 runners and walkers took to the streets of Parkersburg on Saturday morning for The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two Mile Race. Art Smith, co-director of the races, said the event brought residents, volunteers and visitors together on what ...
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg Homecoming brought live music, children’s activities and free family entertainment to the city Saturday as organizers sought to give residents one final celebration before the end of summer. Donna Sue Helmick, president of the Parkersburg Homecoming board, said ...
MARIETTA – Many areas of history were the topics over the weekend at the America 250th Festival of Living History in Marietta. Historical re-enactors came together at Muskingum Park on Front Street at the invitation of the Frontiersman's Friend Foundation to commemorate local history and ...
PARKERSBURG - The Parkersburg Homecoming got underway Friday evening and continues Saturday with the following events: * 12:30 p.m. – Grand Parade * 2 p.m. – Server Races * 3 p.m. – Matthew Enoch * 3:30 p.m. – Luke Colombo * 4 p.m. – Waverly Run Bluegrass * 4:30 p.m. – Hot ...
MARIETTA – Nine new classes have been added to the Fall 2026 schedule at the Institute for Learning in Retirement at Marietta College. Classes are held from 3-5 p.m. in Thomas Hall, Room 124, unless otherwise noted in the course description and many courses will be available by Zoom. For more course information and to register online, go to www.marietta.edu/ilr. Cops, Convicts, and Coroners: A History of Organized Crime in the Mid-Ohio Valley will meet eight consecutive Mondays beginning Sept. 14. The course will be presented by Bob Newell, a law enforcement officer who retired from ...
