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Picture This: GoPacks Top Chef Challenge

More than 100 people attended the GoPacks Top Chef Challenge Friday evening at the Marietta Shrine Club. The event is the largest annual fundraiser for the group, which works to help children facing food insecurity. Read the full article in the Monday edition of the Marietta Times or online at ...

Trump safe after shots fired at correspondents dinner

WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested Saturday in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer. A May 2025 profile photo of Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, Calif., ...

WVDOT Division of Highways holds ceremony for fallen road workers

WILLIAMSTOWN – Officials with the West Virginia Department of Transportation’s Division of Highways and family of late DOH worker Randall Bland gathered at the West Virginia Fallen Worker Memorial for Highway Safety on Friday. The event was held outside of the West Virginia Welcome Center ...

1 man charged with firing 13 shots in Parkersburg dispute

PARKERSBURG – A Waverly man has been charged with more than a dozen counts of wanton endangerment after allegedly firing a gun at a man with whom he was in a dispute. Christen Hall, 24, was in custody Friday afternoon at the Wood County Holding Facility on a $520,000 bond following his ...

Annual State of the Air report includes local numbers

PARKERSBURG – The American Lung Association released its 27th annual “State of the Air” report, showing mixed results for the local area. The Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH metro area was ranked the 125th worst for high ozone days out of 226 metropolitan areas; ranked 173th worst for ...

Teen of the Week: DeAngelo builds relationships through sports and family

PARKERSBURG – For Leonardo “Leo” DeAngelo, it is about building relationships whether it is through playing sports or working at his family’s restaurant as he prepares for a future in sales. However, it is the connection to his family that remains the strongest. The 18-year-old ...