PARKERSBURG — Participants for the 32nd Relay for Life of Wood County met at ‘high noon’ Saturday for the fight against cancer. “We’re already pretty close to our goal,” said event staff member Kim Haase at the beginning of the festivities on Saturday. “We have a raffle, a ...
Special to the News PARKERSBURG - Brett Hickle’s father loved reading about World War II as a child, so when he’d go to visit extended family it would have been natural for him to ask a family member who served what it was like. But the people who’d seen the kind of combat that would ...
PARKERSBURG - North Star Child Advocacy Center (North Star CAC) announces the launch of in-house trauma-focused therapy services beginning July 1, expanding the organization's support for children and families impacted by abuse, neglect, and trauma. The expansion was made possible through a two-year grant from the Sisters Health Foundation and is supported by North Star's donors and community fundraising initiatives, including the High5Drive, the WTAP–Grand Central Mall Telethon, Give Local MOV and North Star Night Out. According to a press release from North Star CAC, the addition ...
PARKERSBURG - The Centennial Chapter of the Daughters of the American Pioneers commemorated the season opening of the Henry Cooper Cabin Museum in Parkersburg City Park with an “anti-tea party” on Sunday. The event marks not only the opening of the museum for the 2026 season but the ...
MARIETTA — Art lovers from across the Mid-Ohio Valley will have an opportunity to step inside the creative spaces where local art is made during the inaugural MOV Artist Studio Tour, a collaborative event presented by Marietta Main Street and the Parkersburg Art Center. Taking place on ...
VIENNA - The Freedom Festival will return to Vienna on June 25-27 with a lineup featuring Grammy-nominated band Smash Mouth and Resurrection: A Journey Tribute. Attendees can enjoy carnival rides, big truck shows, a car show, food trucks, vendors, parachute team performances, professional ...
