WATERFORD — Born and raised in Waterford, D.J. Cunningham traveled across borders and seas to pursue a career in basketball before returning to the familiarity of his hometown to raise a family. Before Cunningham was the head coach for the Waterford Wildcats boys basketball team, he was ...
PARKERSBURG — Brenton Strange never forgets where it all started. Even when he’s running onto the field through the tunnel at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., the Jaguars tight end has Parkersburg close to his thoughts. “It definitely shaped me,” said Strange, who recently ...
PARKERSBURG — The former commander of the West Virginia State Police detachments in Pleasants and Wood counties has been working since April as the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. William ‘Billy’ Marshall III was appointed to the position last April by President Donald ...
PARKERSBURG - Area residents have been producing goods and services to be shipped all over the world since they first arrived here in the 1700s. Early residents arrived mostly by boats after traveling across the mountains to the east. They quickly began using the natural resources they found ...
PARKERSBURG — Many churches in the Mid-Ohio Valley support missionary work beyond the immediate area and throughout the world. Priscilla Leavitt of Christ United Methodist Church in Parkersburg has served as the chairwoman of the annual Global Missions Festival and Expo held locally and ...
MARIETTA — Many people who move to the Mid-Ohio Valley for college or work initially plan to leave. Andy Felt and Antigone Lautar Hall both moved to the Marietta area from outside Ohio and West Virginia. Neither expected to remain long term, but both decided to stay. Felt came from ...