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Parkersburg Housing Expo slated for Wednesday

PARKERSBURG – Local groups are organizing an event this week aimed at providing answers and assistance with a host of housing issues. The Parkersburg Housing Expo 2026 is slated for 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Landing on Murdoch Avenue. “Our goal is to have in one location any aspect of housing,” said Lisa Doyle-Parsons, executive director of the Circles Campaign of the Mid-Ohio Valley and an organizer of the expo with Parkersburg City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck and Ron Tomasch of Polaris Home Funding. Those aspects include emergency, recovery, senior, veteran and rental ...

Auditions scheduled for Smoot children’s groups

PARKERSBURG - Auditions for next year’s Smoot Theatre Vocal Ensembles will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the theater on Fifth Street in downtown Parkersburg. The Ensembles are the Children’s Chorus for boys and girls who will be in grades 4, 5 and 6 next year, the Girls ...

Artsbridge Calendar of Events

PARKERSBURG - The weekly Artsbridge Calendar of events: TODAY Debbie and Steve Sisson Art Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg Frederick Hayes Art Exhibit, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Paint Club: Watercolor Landscape Tutorial, adults, 3 p.m., Parkersburg Library- Emerson One last Crazy Messy Kids Club Day!, 4-5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Evening Story Time, ages 3-6, 5-6 p.m., Marietta Public Library WEDNESDAY Debbie and Steve Sisson Art Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg Walking Through the Books, all ...

Mid-Ohio Valley students excel in scholastic pursuits

Ciara Boone of Washington, W.Va., was named to the Dean's List at Olivet Nazarene University at Bourbonnais, Ill., for the Spring Semester. To qualify, a student must be enrolled full-time and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Tyler Fenton of Williamstown, a graduate of Williamstown High School, has received an All-Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Honor as one of three men's tennis student-athletes at Baldwin Wallace University at Beria, Ohio, to be selected to the 2025-26 All-Ohio Athletic Conference Team. Fenton this season led the team with a career-high 15 singles ...

Parkersburg Touch-A-Truck Event draws families despite rain

PARKERSBURG – Rain did not stop families from coming out to the City of Parkersburg’s third annual Touch-A-Truck event at Southwood Park, where children got a close look at fire engines, construction equipment, emergency vehicles and other equipment used by city and county workers. The ...