PARKERSBURG – Second-year apprentices from the International Painters and Allied Trades District 53 in West Virginia brought new life to the front doors at the Smoot Theatre in Parkersburg, where the historic show house is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The theater this month is ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall is here, but you would not know it as daytime highs reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit this week. A few days without rain have allowed things to dry out and backyard gardeners to catch up on some work around the home and in the garden. Several ...
PARKERSBURG – For the third consecutive year, The Miracle League of the Mid-Ohio Valley will stage a demonstration baseball game for athletes with disabilities. The Miracle League’s fifth demonstration game is set for 5 p.m. Saturday at Bennett Stump Field in Parkersburg City Park. The ...
“The heart of this beast is strong.” In her 2021 hit novel “Nightbitch,” Rachel Yoder explores the idea of dormant instinct and animalism. When a used-to-be artist becomes a stay-at-home wife/mother, she gradually yet methodically becomes atrophied. She feels her drive draining, her ...
PARKERSBURG – The centennial of the Smoot Theatre will be celebrated in October in two events on stage and on the screen. “I want to make this a big thing,” Felice Jorgeson, executive director of the downtown Parkersburg theater, said. The theater opened on Oct. 18, 1926, when ...
ELIZABETH – The 23rd annual Wirt County Pioneer Days will honor America's 250th anniversary Saturday at Courthouse Square in Elizabeth Saturday, plus a Civil War encampment and battle reenactment Sunday. Hosted by the Elizabeth Beauchamp Chapter of the Daughters of American Pioneers, the ...
