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 ...
RITCHIE COUNTY – There will be delays across Ritchie, Pleasants and Tyler counties from Sunday to Thursday as an oil and gas rig moves in, the West Virginia Division of Highways announced. Several large loads will be transferred intermittently between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., potentially delaying traffic due to the oversized trucks and equipment. The route will go from West Virginia 74, at milepost 27.739, to Haddox Run (Ritchie County 4) from milepost zero to 1.67, continuing into Tyler County to milepost 2.38. It then moves on to McKim Creek (Tyler County 20) from milepost 1.2 until ...
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 ...
PARKERSBURG – This September will be recognized as Wood County Goes Purple Month in honor of National Recovery Month. The Wood County Commission unanimously passed a proclamation at its Thursday meeting after a number of representatives from the Hope Dealer Project addressed the commission ...
PARKERSBURG – An accident report filed by the Parkersburg Police Department says Mayor Tom Joyce opened the door of a city-owned vehicle into traffic, and it was struck by a passing motorist on June 16. The report’s narrative said Joyce was at fault for opening his car door into traffic. No citation was issued. A woman who listed a Parkersburg P.O. box as her address asked about the accident during the public forum at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. She asked if alcohol was involved and if standard procedures were followed. Joyce said during the message from the executive ...
