PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission recognized the efforts of gardeners to beautify the area and promote hard work and a spirit of independence. Dina Braniff of the Lubeck Acres Garden Club appeared before commissioners on Monday for the signing of a proclamation, adopted on a ...
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man posing as a gardener to get close to a group in Boulder holding their weekly demonstration for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza planned to kill them all with Molotov cocktails, authorities said Monday. But he had second thoughts and only threw two out of ...
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man with a makeshift flamethrower yelled "Free Palestine" and threw an incendiary device into a group that had assembled to raise attention for Israeli hostages in Gaza, law enforcement officials said Sunday. Six people were injured, some with burns. The suspect, ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Sheriff’s Department received a check for over $5,000 from the state treasurer’s office for unclaimed, seized or outdated firearms they were able to auction off. State Treasurer Larry Pack was in Ripley on Wednesday and Parkersburg on Thursday to present ...
PARKERSBURG — Two people are dead following a vehicle accident Tuesday evening along U.S. 50. The Wood County Sheriff’s Department responded around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Mile Marker 7 along U.S. 50, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. Gregory Nightengale, of ...
MORGANTOWN — When the halls of West Virginia University are mostly empty for the summer, the West Virginia University Police Department does not slow down — it’s just shifting gears. Chief Sherry St. Clair, who began her career with the department in 1994 and has worked her way up to ...
