PARKERSBURG – Sudden heavy rains inundated the area Monday morning, leaving water inside the Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe on Murdoch Avenue, among other places. About 1.5 inches of rain fell from around midnight to 8 a.m. Monday, according to statistics from the National Weather Service, which ...
PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday the indictments of 96 individuals by the grand jury. Information on three suspects – Claudia Torres, 20, charged with murder and wanton endangerment involving a firearm; Brian Ray Donze, 52, 10 counts of first-degree sexual assault, 18 counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust, eight counts of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of distribution and exhibition of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and Thomas Edward Carpenter, 54, five ...
Joni Morris had no idea she would stumble upon an ancient graveyard behind Bass Pro Shops on Lawless Road in Morgantown, let alone her own family’s. She said the Breakiron cemetery is about a quarter of the acre it should be, per the cemetery deed, and there’s a sediment pond within 60 ...
CAIRO – More than 300 students in middle and high schools from West Virginia and Ohio will ride in the West Virginia Interscholastic Cycling League mountain bike race this weekend at North Bend State Park at Cairo. Called Defend the Bend, the race is fourth in the league’s 2026 series. ...
PARKERSBURG – A representative of Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Ohio Valley said she’s encouraged after talking with a representative of the City of Parkersburg about a proposed reallocation of nearly $300,000 in unused federal housing funds designated for their organization. “We’ll ...
The week's events from Artsbridge. Today: Shannon R. Hammer Fine Arts Nature Photography, WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg Indoor Bonsai Show, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Story Time, infants through Pre-K, 10:15-11:15 a.m., Barlow Branch Library Draw What You See with Virginia Killian, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Football Craft Surprise, all ages, 3-5 p.m., Marietta Public Library, Fifth Street Hyperfixation Club, ages 12-19, 4-6 p.m., Parkersburg Public Library, Emerson Avenue I Survived Book Club, "The Titanic," grades 2 and up, 5-6 ...
