Wood County Commissioners Blair Couch and Jim Hamric were given a demonstration Thursday of the planetarium at Parkersburg High School. They were told about how the space is utilized, how students use it for learning and future plans to increase its use. The demonstration was also attended by ...
WAVERLY – The Dark Side Robotics Team of Williamstown will receive a $2,000 grant to support its robotics program. Optimum, a local provider of fiber internet, mobile, TV and phone services, recognized the robotics team as the winner of the Community Impact category in the company’s ...
PARKERSBURG – The defense attorney for Barbara Cupp is seeking a new trial as he believes a juror who helped deliver the guilty verdict in the murder case knew people close to his client and did not disclose those connections when he was being questioned back in March before the trial began. ...
PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Commission signed off Thursday on applying for funding to help pay for the victims’ advocates in the Wood County Prosecutor’s Office. County Grant Coordinator Toni Tiano appeared before the Wood County Commission this week to get the commission’s approval to apply to the state for $115,993 from the federal Victims of Crime Act for victim advocate positions in the Prosecutor’s Office. The grant requires a local match of $28,884 from the county through the Wood County Prosecutor’s Office. The Wood County Prosecutor’s office has a victim’s ...
A former teacher is making good on a promise he made years ago to his students at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. David Kurtz, who taught American government and constitutional law for seven years from 2004 to 2011, told his students he would throw a 250th celebration party, provided ...
NEWPORT – Avery Powell, a 2026 graduate of Frontier High School and one of the recipients of the Hank Morus Scholarship, is hoping to use that money to pursue a career in environmental engineering at Ohio University. Powell is the son of Kylee Haught and Matthew Powell. At Frontier High ...
