West Virginia University President Michael Benson had a lot of big ideas in his first State of the University address this week. They come as he is in the middle of an effort to visit every county in the state — an important attempt to truly understand his new home and the state his ...
Long before there was a school district named Fort Frye there was a fort named Fort Frye. Same location, just different points in history. Shortly after members of the Ohio Company set up shop in Marietta in 1788 they began to notice the abundance of flat boats floating right past the new ...
Mark your calendar and make sure you wear your spookiest costume to Monster Mash from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the green space beside Discovery World at 900 Market St. The event returns as a highlight of Parkersburg’s autumn calendar and promises to be a safe, family friendly Halloween ...
Among the concerns for some of those worried about their finances amid a federal government shutdown, continued increasing inflation, high interest rates and an unsteady jobs market, is the burden of student loan repayment. In West Virginia, that burden is especially heavy. According to ...
* Baseball buddies — current and former Parkersburg South High School baseball players — helped athletes compete during the third Miracle League of the Mid-Ohio Valley demonstration game held Oct. 4. The organization said it had its largest number of participants yet, with nearly two dozen ...
Don’t Be A Game Hog Only a few days intervene before the opening of the bird hunting season in West Virginia, and from all reports a rich treat awaits those who enjoy the sport, but the State Journal desires to say a word to the man with the gun and the dog, and that is, don’t be a ...