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Capito wants more information on Trump settlement fund

Local News May 22, 2026

PARKERSBURG – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she needs more information about a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming persecution by the government when asked if she had any concerns about it. Capito, R-W.Va., touched on that and other issues related to efforts to fund immigration enforcement efforts and security enhancements at the White House during her weekly phone conference with members of the West Virginia media. The anti-weaponization fund involves the allocation of $1.776 billion as part of a settlement resolving President Donald Trump’s lawsuit ...

2-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41 after being hospitalized with a 'severe illness'

Local News May 22, 2026

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No ...

Rain clears away for the Marietta Chapter SAR and DAR Mound Cemetery service

Community News May 22, 2026

MARIETTA - With rain and storms throughout Thursday morning, the Marietta Chapter Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution held their annual memorial service at Mound Cemetery indoors at St. Paul’s Church. Although the rain caused a dip in attendance numbers from last year’s crowd ...

Washington County Grand Jury Indicts 10 People On Drug, Kidnapping And Other Charges

Local News May 22, 2026

10 people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week. Indictments include: *Michalle Renea Perkins, 40, 211 Mineral Manor Way, Parkersburg; one count of distrusting public services, a fourth-degree felony; one count domestic violence, a first-degree misdemeanor; from April 14. *Joint indictment of Joshua Okey Clift, 43, 104 Vista St., Marietta; Brandi Raye Messick, 31, 460 Muskingum Drive, Marietta; both defendants were indicted on one charge of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony; from Feb. 27. ...

Community News May 22, 2026

PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg High School’s driver’s education program was joined Wednesday and Thursday by the Sharing the Road with Trucks program from Virginia Tech’s Transportation Institute. The free outreach program funded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has a ...

Picture This: Belpre City Board of Education meets

Local News May 22, 2026

The Belpre City Board of Education gathered Thursday night at the Stone Administration Building for their regular May meeting. For more on the meeting, read the weekend edition of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel or visit newsandsentinel.com.