A crew from Span1 cleans the chipping paint and animal waste from the gusset plates of the four-lane bridge that connects Belpre and downtown Parkersburg. The crew was cleaning the bridge parts Monday to prepare it for the annual inspection that will check all sections of the bridge. (Photo by ...
A concrete truck Monday backs toward the World Trade Center Memorial at Government Square in Parkersburg where the city is remodeling the 9-11 plaza with new sidewalks, walls, lights and other accoutrements. The project should be completed by Sept. 11, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County residents took home thousands of pounds of fresh produce at no charge Saturday from a free farmers market organized by Highmark Health Options in collaboration with the Old Man Rivers mission and Parkersburg High School. It was the second of five planned ...
BELPRE – More than 100 children gathered at the pond in Belpre’s Civitan park for the annual Kids Fishing Derby. The event is held in conjunction with the Buddy Bass Tournament – which this year drew more than 70 boats – on the first Saturday in August. In years past, that’s ...
BELPRE – Remy eventually got out to an early lead in one of the dachshund races Saturday at Howes Grove Park – but when the crowd started to cheer, he turned around and headed back to owner Nick Stevens. Remy finally did cross the finish line, unlike his opponent Phoebe. “She didn’t ...
BEVERLY – Sixteen under won the 11th BrAva Golf Outing on July 25 at the Lakeside Golf Course in Beverly. The winning foursome of Aaron Clark, Derek Ginther and Brad Kearns of Waterford and Kelson McCurdy of Beverly shot 54 in the annual benefit scramble at the par-70 Lakeside. The event, sponsored by BrAva, a local nonprofit group increasing childhood cancer awareness and raising funds for local families and the search for a cure, raised more than $21,000. “I support the BrAva golf outing because childhood cancer is a terrible thing to fight alone,” Clark, who has golfed in ...
