PARKERSBURG – The Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley is asking the community to help with its annual Secret Christmas program that provides Christmas gifts to local teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are in need. Many of the people supported by The Arc live on ...
PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Democrat Party will host a free lunch and an opportunity for residents to meet local and statewide Democratic candidates who are appearing on the Wood County ballot from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Parkersburg City Park. The event will be held at Shelter 1 next to the Henry Cooper Cabin Museum near the Washington Avenue entrance. The lunch will feature bean soup, cornbread, cookies and water. “Attendees will get the opportunity to chat with our Democratic candidates, enjoy a beautiful fall afternoon and have a bowl of soup and dessert,” said Jeff Fox, ...
PARKERSBURG — Haunted Parkersburg will celebrate 30 years of ghost tours and raise money for a memorial honoring founder Susan Sheppard during a Witches Ball on Oct. 29 at the Parkersburg Art Center. The event will be held from 7-10 p.m. in the center’s Wharton Grande Ballroom, with ...
RAVENSWOOD - Jim Justice, West Virginia's junior U.S. senator, has often referred to the state's economic potential as a "rocket ship ride," but Wednesday he paid tribute to the men and women who are making the nation's return to the moon possible. Justice made his first visit to the ...
PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg woman has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing another woman outside her apartment Monday. Samantha Deem, 33, of Parkersburg was arrested Monday evening, hours after she allegedly shot Jessica Lively, 35, of Raleigh County ...
CHARLESTON – Two years after being called for by the West Virginia Legislature, the group that will decide on a statue of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams to send to the U.S. Capitol Building met for the first time. Members of the Hershel “Woody” ...
