PARKERSBURG – The city would allocate nearly $675,000 in unused federal funds to the construction of up to four affordable houses under a budget revision forwarded to Parkersburg City Council Tuesday night by members of the Finance Committee. The committee also sent to the full membership ...
MARIETTA – A suspected bioterrorism plot during the Civil War will be discussed at the next meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Knights of Columbus, 312 Franklin St., Marietta. The Yellow Fever Plot to Kill Lincoln will be presented by ...
PARKERSBURG – The U.S. 50 westbound off ramp at exit 8C will be closed, at milepost 8.5, from today through Monday for a culvert replacement. Westbound traffic is to utilize the Division Street exit. Detour signs will be in place. Inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances could change the work schedule.
The sternwheel of the Hobby III reflects in the Ohio River Tuesday morning at Point Park as two towboats pass by on the busy river. Six sternwheelers are moored at the Parkersburg park after leaving the Sternwheel Festival in Marietta. (Photo by Art Smith)
PARKERSBURG - A public meeting focusing on the transportation needs in West Virginia for older adults, individuals with disabilities and the public will be held from 3-4 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council, 709 Market St., Parkersburg. The meeting, one of 11 around the state to update the transportation plan, covers the Region 5 counties of Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt and Wood. Consultants to the West Virginia Division of Multimodal-Facilities-Transit Section are updating the coordinated human services transportation plans in the state’s ...
CHARLESTON – A Parkersburg man has pleaded guilty in federal court for the Southern District of West Virginia to possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. According to court documents and statements made in court, Alphonso LeSean Johnson, 36, on April 8, 2025, possessed a Taurus model G3C 9mm pistol, United States Attorney Moore Capito said. Federal law prohibits a person convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Johnson knew he was prohibited from possessing a firearm because of his ...
