Students and educators from across Wood County filled Parkersburg High School this week for a Local School Improvement Council (LSIC) showcase highlighting academic programs, extracurricular achievements and school initiatives from throughout the district. The event brought together ...

CHARLESTON – Attorneys for West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner asked a federal judge this week to dismiss an attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to seize unredacted voter registration information. In a legal memorandum filed Wednesday evening with the U.S. District Court for ...

Washington County Prosecutor Nicole Coil has been appointed to serve as a judge on the Washington County Court of Common Pleas, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Mark Kerenyi. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced the appointment Thursday. Coil will assume office May 26 in the ...

MARIETTA – The Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre returns to the 1980s today when “The Wedding Singer” opens for a five-show run. The musical is based on the movie of the same name and is about Robbie Hart, the lead singer of a wedding band whose life begins to crumble when he is left ...

PARKERSBURG - Incumbent Washington County Commissioner Eddie Place is being challenged in Tuesday's Republican primary by former Fort Frye Local Board of Education member Stephanie Lang. Place, who was appointed to the seat in January 2025, said he wants a strong and growing community that ...

Marshall University announced it received a gift which granted access to fiber-optic cable worth $3.8 million during the annual scholarship and fundraiser dinner held at Grand Pointe Conference and Reception Center in Vienna on Thursday. Read more at newsandsentinel.com and in the Parkersburg ...