MINERAL WELLS — Months of feeding, training and caring for animals culminated Saturday as young exhibitors gathered for the Wood County 4-H and FFA Summer Showcase and Livestock Sale. The sale, held at the Wood County 4-H Camp on Butcher Bend Road, concluded a week during which ...
PARKERSBURG – Heavy rains hit the area Saturday and another air quality alert was issued on Sunday. A flash flood warning was issued for the area on Saturday as there were periods of heavy rain throughout the day. The warning area included parts of Washington, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt and Wood counties. Just before 7 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service in Charleston reported Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing rainfall totals of 2-4 inches across the warning area. The National Weather Service in Charleston reported the Wood County Airport received .53 inches, ...
Mineral Wells Baptist VBS Mineral Wells Baptist Church, on West Virginia 14, will have Vacation Bible School, 6:15 to 8:15 p.m., July 27 - 31. This year the theme will be “Illumination Station: Jesus is the Light of the World.” There will be Bible classes, music, games, crafts and snacks. Classes will be available for pre-K through teens. Family Fun Night will be Friday, July 31. Call the church for additinal information, 304-489-2875. Joy Story Vacation Bible School Joy Story Vacation Bible School is a free event hosted by the NextGen Kids Ministry at First Baptist Church of ...
A whistle in the dark Appalachian woods would be unsettling under ordinary circumstances. While filming a horror movie about why people should not respond to strange sounds in the forest, it was enough to make writer and director Allison Haines consider running. Haines and a local cast and ...
PARKERSBURG – Connor George is going the distance in running and life. George, 18, is a recent graduate of Parkersburg High School, having been on both their cross-country and track teams throughout middle school at Jackson and high school. This August, he is heading to the University of ...
PARKERSBURG – A young child was pulled from the Southwood Park pool by lifeguards after an incident late Thursday afternoon. Initial radio calls dispatched emergency medical personnel just before 5 p.m. to a report of a possible drowning involving a 4-year-old male. Lifeguards on duty were able to get the child out of the pool and were administering CPR to him when ambulance crews arrived on the scene. The child was transported to the Camden Clark Medical Center. Radio calls Thursday indicated the child was responsive and breathing in the ambulance, but was having trouble ...
