PARKERSBURG – City Council on Tuesday approved legislation allocating funds that included a $200,000 federal grant for a bulletproof police vehicle and additional changes to council’s rules. A small group gathered outside the Municipal Building before the meeting to protest those actions ...
PARKERSBURG — Getting young people involved in the political process was the focus Wednesday of West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner’s visits to two area schools. Warner appeared at Parkersburg High School and Wood County Christian School to talk to students who will be of voting ...
MARIETTA — The Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre, known for generations as MOVP and once called the Putnam Theatre, has stood on Putnam Street since 1915 — and some say a few original patrons never left. Built after the 1913 flood destroyed the home that once occupied the site, the theater ...
VIENNA — Families filled the banks of the Ohio River on Saturday evening for Friends of Vienna’s annual Glow on the O Festival, held at Spencer’s Landing, an event combining live entertainment, local vendors, and the long-awaited tethered hot air balloon rides that lit up the night sky ...
CHARLESTON — With the federal government shutdown showing no signs of ending in the short-term, the effects are now being felt by West Virginia’s most vulnerable populations. In a Facebook post Saturday, the West Virginia Department of Human Services said the Supplemental Nutrition ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg City Council Finance Committee discussed the acquisition and significance of a $384,310 Bearcat armored vehicle for the police department during a budget meeting Tuesday night. Police Chief Mathew Board talked to the committee about the safety benefits the ...