PARKERSBURG – A judge granted a motion to consolidate two lawsuits arising from the same fatal 2023 fire and dismissed an individual defendant. Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jason Wharton heard a number of motions Monday regarding a civil case resulting from a 2023 fatal fire that claimed ...
CHARLESTON - Officials with the West Virginia Department of Health are working quickly to make sure the nearly $200 million first-year award for the federal Rural Health Transformation Program is obligated by an Oct. 31 deadline, but lawmakers had questions about current contracts. Dr. Arvin ...
News and Sentinel Half Marathon co-director Steve Browning works Monday evening on painting the finish line for the half marathon and the Two-Mile Race. Both races are Saturday morning. You can register at newsandsentinelhalfmarathon.com. (Photo by Art Smith)
Work at a state-of-the-art steel mill in Mason County was temporarily halted Monday after the company became aware of a written threat, officials said. The threat was directed at the jobsite in Apple Grtove on W.Va. 2 and referenced Monday, Katherine Miller, director of public affairs and ...
MARIETTA – The Marietta Police Department swore in five new patrolmen Monday morning. “I can’t remember the last time this has happened,” said Mayor Joshua Schlicher. “Since maybe the early 1980s.” Hunter Teagardner, Kobe Nicholson, Colton Shriver, Travis Payne and Jonathon ...
Parkersburg Mayor Tom Joyce, left, poses for a photo with West Virginia Treasurer Larry Pack on Aug. 5 after Pack presented Joyce with $2,636.76 the Parkersburg Police Department received from the state’s June online firearms auction. Pack made the presentation during his speech at the 2026 ...
