PARKERSBURG – Registration is open to participate in the Oct. 10 Chalk the Block, a sidewalk art contest held during ArtOberfest, a celebration of the Parkersburg Art Center. The cost for Chalk the Block is $5 and is open to teens and adults. An area for younger artists to join in the fun ...
MARIETTA - For nearly a decade, the Roy Trembly Annual Food Drive has collected thousands of dollars and hundreds of pounds of food to help the hunger needs of residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley. Saturday the event in front of the Marietta Walmart collected $1,995 for the Gospel Mission of ...
PARKERSBURG – The 2026 edition of the Trinity Episcopal Church Used Book Sale will be held Oct. 7-10. The event will be held in the church’s Trinity Hall, 430 Juliana St. For more than 75 years, the book sale has helped support local community and church programs. The 2026 sale features ...
PARKERSBURG — Love triangles are messy, but adding enchanted forest juice and a runaway troupe of amateur actors turns romance into outright mayhem. On Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 7:00 PM, West Virginia’s Shakespeare troupe, The Rustic Mechanicals, land at West Virginia University at Parkersburg to stage William Shakespeare’s uproarious comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Audiences can expect a high-energy, fast-paced production packed with warring fairy monarchs, baffled runaway lovers, dynamic music, and a very literal translation of making an ass out of oneself. The ...
MARIETTA – When Lonestar takes the stage Sunday at Peoples Bank Theatre, they’ll play the hits, of course. “We can play a show with almost all No. 1 hits,” said lead guitarist Michael Britt in a recent phone interview. The band has had 10 songs reach No. 1, including 1999’s ...
CHARLESTON – It was a rainy day on Charleston’s West Side, but that didn’t stop a group of largely women volunteers from coming out Wednesday afternoon to meet Rachel Fetty Anderson, the Democratic challenger to Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. Meeting at The Element Edge, a community empowerment hub created by Element Federal Credit Union, Anderson laid out a vision for her campaign against Capito, who has been in Congress for 25 years and is West Virginia’s senior senator, completing her second six-year term after succeeding former Democratic senator Jay Rockefeller ...
