PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner, the insurgent Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, held his first major campaign rally on Friday night as reports continue emerging about his history with women. Last weekend, his campaign wrestled with stories about sexually explicit ...
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc. (AP) — The U.S. military said it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic's coastal surveillance radar sites in response, raising the risk to a shaky ceasefire as the Trump ...
PARKERSBURG – A committee seeking a referendum on Parkersburg City Council’s approval of a sanitation service contract with Waste Management eclipsed the required number of signatures by more than 300. But city officials still maintain the ordinance in question is not subject to the referendum provision in the municipal charter. Wood County Clerk Joe Gonzales said Thursday that his office delivered to the Parkersburg city clerk’s office documentation of the verification process of 1,914 signatures turned in by the committee. City Clerk Connie Shaffer said an even 1,000 were ...
On Thursday, Preston Pierce, who has been charged in Wood County in connection with the murder of Gretchen Fleming, was extradited back to Parkersburg to face charges returned by a Wood County Grand Jury in May. Pierce has been held in custody in Buncombe County, N.C., since his arrest on ...
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A judge in Amsterdam on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a Jewish organization to block two performances by the rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, ruling that the concerts are not a threat to public order. Ye has drawn widespread controversy in recent years for a series of antisemitic remarks, leaving Dutch authorities under mounting pressure to cancel the gigs on June 6 and 8. The Central Jewish Council filed the emergency lawsuit on Tuesday, arguing that Ye should be banned from the country for voicing admiration for Adolf Hilter and selling T-shirts featuring ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON – Aware of the long road that awaits out of the loser’s bracket, Parkersburg South made certain to enjoy the moment after eliminating No.1 seed Cabell Midland from the Class AAAA field, Wednesday afternoon at the WVSSAC Class AAAA State SoftballTournament. Sophomore sensation Annie Shelton did the heavy lifting in an elimination game on Wednesday — with her two-run home run over the left field fence in the top of the first inning and throwing a complete-game shutout with one hit allowed while striking out 11 as the Patriots defeated the Knights 3-0 at Little ...
