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O’Donnell receives Alumni Achievement Award

MARIETTA - A longtime Marietta College professor has received the highest award bestowed on alumni of her alma mater. Mabry Miller O'Donnell is the recipient of Syephens College's 2026 Alumni Achievement Award. According to a release from the college in Columbia, Mo., the award recognizes ...

Picture This: How to Train Your Dragon

Among the crowd who gathered at Stadium Field Thursday night for Parkersburg High School's graduation ceremony was Phoenix, a bearded dragon resting on his owner's hand and sporting his own cap for commencement. (Photo by Evan Bevins)

Teen of the Week: Madison Lauer juggles academics, sports, and volunteering

BELPRE - Madison Lauer is a full time welding student at the Washington County Career Center juggling multiple organizations and four sports. Lauer, 17, was born and raised in Belpre and attended Belpre City Schools before she enrolled at the career center last fall. “I had toured the ...

Picture This: Organizations focus on downtown cleanup effort

From left, Jan Dils Attorneys at Law employees Ashley Johnson, Shaun Haynes and Diana Gainer pick up trash in downtown Parkersburg. Several organizations also helped out with the effort including People's Bank, Maka Mia Pizza, Downtown PKB and One Community Federal Credit Union. (Photo by ...

Sisters Health Foundation announces $531K in grants

PARKERSBURG – Forty-three nonprofit organizations in the Mid-Ohio Valley have been awarded grant funding in support of the Sisters Health Foundation’s vision of “healthy people in healthy communities.” At its most recent meeting, the foundation’s board of directors approved a total ...