PARKERSBURG — Churches across the Mid-Ohio Valley are inviting the community to gather for pancakes Tuesday as Christians prepare for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the Lenten season. Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, falls on the day before Ash Wednesday and ...
CHARLESTON — Pennsboro resident Betsy Kelly has been appointed to a vacant West Virginia House of Delegates seat. Kelly, a 46-year-old Republican, was appointed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey Tuesday to the 9th District seat representing Pleasants, Ritchie and part of Tyler County. “I was ...
PARKERSBURG – The ramps going onto and off of a bridge in downtown Parkersburg are about to be replaced in a multiyear, multimillion-dollar project. The Juliana Street Bridge ramps going into and out of Parkersburg on Juliana and Ann streets are set to be replaced over the next two years, ...
PARKERSBURG — A Missouri man is in custody at the North Central Regional Jail after being extradited from Oklahoma on child pornography charges. He could face charges in Ohio as well. According to a post from the Parkersburg Police Department’s Facebook page, William Lee Santos, 38, of ...
MARIETTA - Teachers across Washington and Wood counties received much-needed classroom supplies Saturday through the Hall Financial Advisors Giving Foundation’s annual Teacher’s Closet giveaway. Registered teachers picked up supplies at the financial advisor’s office in Marietta. The ...
PARKERSBURG — A Wood County Commissioner on Monday announced he is retiring effective next month. Bob Tebay served on the commission from Jan 1, 1997, to Dec. 31, 2008, and from Jan. 1, 2015, to the present. “That’s a long time,” Tebay, 91, said. Tebay’s retirement is effective on ...
