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 ...
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 ...
Two child advocacy groups in the region were among the 22 receiving grants from the state of West Virginia. North Star Child Advocacy Center in Parkersburg received $134,031 to provide a safe, neutral setting where law enforcement and child protective service workers can observe forensic interviews of children who are alleged victims of abuse in Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, Pleasants and Calhoun counties. The Wetzel County Commission will receive $86,270 to reduce the trauma of child abuse, protect children from maltreatment, support investigations and improve the community's ability to ...
CHARLESTON – House of Delegates Finance Committee Chairman Vernon Criss filed paperwork Tuesday afternoon to run as a write-in candidate for the 12th District seat he occupies after losing the May Republican primary to Charles Hartzog. Criss, R-Wood, was first elected to the House of ...
CHARLESTON - Pleasants and Ritchie counties have been approved for federal Individual Assistance from severe storms on July 21 that included tornadoes and flooding, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced this weekend. At least three tornadoes starting in Washington County and on the ground at the same time went over the Ohio River near Pleasants County and continued east into Ritchie and Doddridge counties. Lewis and Upshur counties were previously approved for assistance with the effects of the storms. Assistance will help eligible homeowners and renters with the costs of recovering and ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - A Belmont woman accused of killing her 1-year-old daughter last week pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on Friday. Autum Sky Palmer, 20, also known as Autum Stotelmyer pleaded Friday morning in Belmont County Common Pleas Court where she is charged in the ...
