CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey said his executive order creating a pathway for religious exemptions to West Virginia's compulsory vaccine law for school-age children is protected by existing religious freedom laws. In an amicus brief filed Monday with the West Virginia Supreme Court of ...

PARKERSBURG - People of faith gathered on both sides of the Ohio River Thursday to observe the 75th National Day of Prayer. More than 80 people at Bicentennial Park in downtown Parkersburg listened to pastors and public officials deliver prayers and speak on the importance of faith to ...

WHEELING — Michael J. Bransfield, the former bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, died Thursday. He was 82. Diocesan officials in Wheeling announced Bransfield’s death via email, with the following statement attached: “As it is the tradition in our Church to pray ...

PARKERSBURG – As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, communities around the Mid-Ohio Valley will take part in the 75th National Day of Prayer observance. The theme of this year’s event is “Glorify God Among the Nations – Seeking Him in All ...

The Most Rev. Mark Brennan came to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in 2019 as its new bishop with a mission to rebuild the trust the community once had in the diocese’s leadership. The Wheeling-Charleston Diocese had fallen into tumultuous times under the previous bishop, ...

PARKERSBURG – Two local owners of construction companies will share tips for hiring contractors and handymen at Parkersburg’s First United Methodist Church on Thursday, May 14, as part of the church’s Young at Heart senior ministry. The program will be held downstairs in the Juliana ...