Picture This: Downtown Brewfest highlights local eateries and beer
PARKERSBURG - Downtown Brewfest, the event formerly known as the Downtown Throwdown, brought folks to Bicentennial Park in Parkersburg Saturday evening.
Ohio man killed in accident on Interstate 77
PARKERSBURG – An Ohio man died after a single-vehicle accident that closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 77 near the Emerson Avenue exit to Parkersburg on Sunday afternoon. A 2025 Chevrolet Equinox traveling north on I-77 near the 180.2 mile marker ran off the left side of the road into the earth median before rolling, according to a release from the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. A passenger in the vehicle, 57-year-old Michael Todd Walker of Carrollton, Ohio, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, Wendy Sue Walker, 56, also of Carrollton, was taken to WVU Medicine ...
License to Track: Lawmakers question Flock Safety over data security and privacy concerns
CHARLESTON – A company executive with Flock Safety defended their Automated License Plate Reader technology as a vital tool for “precision policing” that helps solve crimes and recover missing persons, while opponents argue these AI-powered cameras threaten Fourth Amendment privacy ...
Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ lands at Anderson Hancock Planetarium
MARIETTA – A show based on one of the most influential albums in rock and roll will be presented at the planetarium at Marietta College. Music and visual storytelling will come together in "Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon" in the upgraded Anderson Hancock Planetarium. Presentations ...
Akron Children’s and Frontier Local launch in-school health partnership
NEW MATAMORAS - Students returning to school on Aug. 20 in the Frontier Local School District will have access to a variety of pediatric-focused health services through a new partnership between the district and Akron Children’s School-Based Health Centers. “With a parent’s consent, a nurse practitioner can provide a wide range of medical exams and services to students in person or through telehealth,” said Dr. Lisa Miyatake, medical director of school-based health services for Akron Children’s. “SBHC is a very successful and proven approach to keeping children healthy in ...
Tucker County commissioners all facing misdemeanor charges
PARSONS — All three Tucker County Commissioners have been charged with misusing county funds for personal purchases. Commission President Michael William Rosenau, Commissioner Frederick J. Davis Jr. and Commissioner Timothy Paul Knotts were cited Thursday with one count of unauthorized ...