PARKERSBURG – A Wood County school bus was involved in a minor accident with a white SUV at the intersection of Thirteenth Street and Plum Street on Thursday afternoon. The school bus with approximately 6-8 students on board was crossing the intersection on a green light, when the driver of ...
PARKERSBURG — After 36 and a half years of responding to disasters, organizing blood drives, raising money and supporting volunteers, Sharon Kesselring is retiring from the American Red Cross. Friends, family members, colleagues and volunteers gathered Wednesday to recognize Kesselring, ...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – Gov. Patrick Morrisey came to the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce's 90th Annual Meeting and Business Summit loaded for bear with new and updated economic development announcements representing more than $81 billion in potential investments. Morrisey was the final ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Sheriff Rick Woodyard recently addressed county commissioners about the way the budget is calculated for an assessor’s office fund that had an estimated $357,000 shortfall. A letter provided by Woodyard to commissioners says more information is needed to determine the source of the error. The sheriff also discussed money labeled as recorded in “incorrect accounting categories” within his department’s tax office. Wood County Assessor John Kelly has been looking at ways to address the shortfall by cutting expenses, having already let two people go ...
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Bed For Every Head, a program of Riverstone Community Services serving West Virginia, is expanding to Ohio, beginning in Washington County. “Bed For Every Head was created because where a child lives should not determine whether there is a realistic path to getting that child a bed,” said Titus Swan, founder and chief executive of the West Virginia State Hospital Initiative, Inc. Riverstone Community Services is the community services arm of the West Virginia State Hospital Initiative, Inc. WVSHI began with historical research, preservation, education, and ...
PARKERBURG – The Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley has announced a new educational partnership formalized under its Partner In Education program between Coplin Health Systems and the Caperton Center for Applied Technology. The collaboration bridges regional career and technical ...
