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A three-point play by Frances Guice, a pair of Eden DeBord foul shots and a lay-in by Gracie Lively put the finishing to...
12/20/2024

A three-point play by Frances Guice, a pair of Eden DeBord foul shots and a lay-in by Gracie Lively put the finishing touches on host Parkersburg’s 68-37 victory here Thursday evening inside Memorial Fieldhouse against rival and short-handed Parkersburg South.

PARKERSBURG — A three-point play by Frances Guice, a pair of Eden DeBord foul shots and a lay-in by Gracie Lively put the finishing touches on host Parkersburg’s 68-37 victory here Thursday evening inside Memorial Fieldhouse against rival and short-handed Parkersburg South. The Patriots of head ...

Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority agreed Thursday to provide up to $75 mi...
12/20/2024

Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority agreed Thursday to provide up to $75 million in additional financial incentives for the Nucor steel mill project in Mason County as it expands its existing footprint and considers a dock project in the Ohio Valley.

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority agreed Thursday to provide up to $75 million in additional financial incentives for the Nucor steel mill project in Mason County as it expands its existing footprint and considers a dock project in the Oh...

Big Lots plans to start going out of business sales at its stores “in the coming days” after a planned purchase by a Cal...
12/20/2024

Big Lots plans to start going out of business sales at its stores “in the coming days” after a planned purchase by a California investment firm fell through.

PARKERSBURG — Big Lots plans to start going out of business sales at its stores “in the coming days” after a planned purchase by a California investment firm fell through. Big Lots Inc. entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in September to facilitate a transaction in which an affiliate of ...

The students at Van Devender Middle School got a few holiday surprises on the last day before Christmas break.
12/20/2024

The students at Van Devender Middle School got a few holiday surprises on the last day before Christmas break.

PARKERSBURG — The students at Van Devender Middle School got a few holiday surprises on the last day before Christmas Break. The school’s 250 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students were brought to the gym where packages were laid out on the floor, by grade, with their names on them. They were ...

A state appeals court removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case ag...
12/19/2024

A state appeals court removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the indictment, leaving the future of the prosecution uncertain.

ATLANTA (AP) — A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the indictment, leaving the future of the prosecution uncertain. The case against Trump and more than...

In a battle of top-five preseason-ranked Class AAA programs Wednesday, No. 3 Parkersburg High secured its second straigh...
12/19/2024

In a battle of top-five preseason-ranked Class AAA programs Wednesday, No. 3 Parkersburg High secured its second straight city dual meet victory versus rival and No. 4 Parkersburg South by handing the host Patriots a 55-20 setback.

PARKERSBURG — In a battle of top-five preseason ranked Class AAA programs here Wednesday evening inside Rod Oldham Athletic Center, No. 3 Parkersburg High secured its second straight city dual meet victory versus rival and No. 4 Parkersburg South by handing the host Patriots a 55-20 setback. Parke...

The City of Marietta held an open house event Wednesday to gather public input on its Reimagine Marietta comprehensive p...
12/19/2024

The City of Marietta held an open house event Wednesday to gather public input on its Reimagine Marietta comprehensive planning project.

MARIETTA — The city of Marietta held an open house event Wednesday to gather public input on its Reimagine Marietta comprehensive planning project. Wendy Moller, owner of Compass Point, planning and project manager for the consulting side for Reimagine Marietta, said the event showcased the major ...

Parkersburg South and Williamstown will be hitting the gridiron on turf next fall after the Wood County Board of Educati...
12/19/2024

Parkersburg South and Williamstown will be hitting the gridiron on turf next fall after the Wood County Board of Education approved the bid of Turf Alliance LLC for improvements to the fields at the Erickson All-Sports Facility and Williamstown High School.

PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg South Patriots and Williamstown Yellowjackets will be hitting the gridiron on turf next fall after the Wood County Board of Education approved the bid of Turf Alliance LLC for improvements to the fields at the Erickson All-Sports Facility and Williamstown High School....

Recent health inspections by the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department can be viewed online at the agency's website.
12/19/2024

Recent health inspections by the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department can be viewed online at the agency's website.

PARKERSBURG – Recent health inspections by the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department can be viewed online at www.movhd.com. The department covers Wood, Wirt, Calhoun, Pleasants, Ritchie and Roane counties, where hundreds of permitted food establishments operate, including restaurants, bars, grocery st...

The pressure defense of No. 2 Williamstown was too much for No. 5 Ravenswood to overcome as the Yellowjackets opened the...
12/18/2024

The pressure defense of No. 2 Williamstown was too much for No. 5 Ravenswood to overcome as the Yellowjackets opened their season with a 50-36 victory.

RAVENSWOOD — Longtime Little Kanawha Conference rivals and now regional foes Williamstown and Ravenswood collided Tuesday night at The Pit in a showdown of preseason ranked Class AA programs. In the end, the pressure defense of the No. 2 Yellowjackets was too much for No. 5 Ravenswood to overcome ...

Patriot senior Navi Hewitt scored a game-high 34 points, including a mind-boggling 20 points in the second quarter, as t...
12/18/2024

Patriot senior Navi Hewitt scored a game-high 34 points, including a mind-boggling 20 points in the second quarter, as the Patriots stayed unbeaten after defeating Parkersburg 85-67 Tuesday night at Rod Oldham Athletic Center.

PARKERSBURG – Instant celebrity. As he exited the locker room following the postgame chat by his coaches, Parkesburg South senior Navi Hewitt was greeted by a raucous South Psychos student section at center court. And deservedly so. Hewitt scored a game-high 34 points, including a mind-boggling 20...

Class AA football coaches in the Little Kanawha Conference selected Roane County’s Lane Watson as the Offensive Player o...
12/18/2024

Class AA football coaches in the Little Kanawha Conference selected Roane County’s Lane Watson as the Offensive Player of the Year and Williamstown’s Lynken Joy as Defensive Player of the Year.

PARKERSBURG — Class AA football coaches in the Little Kanawha Conference selected Roane County’s Lane Watson as the Offensive Player of the Year and Williamstown’s Lynken Joy as Defensive Player of the Year. Watson, who helped LKC Coach of the Year Paul Burdette’s Raiders to a 13-1 record an...

At the 11th-hour Monday night, a permitting reform package being shepherded by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin before he retires a...
12/18/2024

At the 11th-hour Monday night, a permitting reform package being shepherded by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin before he retires at the end of the month fell apart. But soon-to-be senior Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and incoming Sen. Jim Justice said permitting reform efforts will continue next year.

CHARLESTON — At the 11th-hour Monday night, a permitting reform package being shepherded by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin before he retires at the end of the month fell apart. But soon-to-be senior Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and incoming Sen. Jim Justice said permitting reform efforts will continue next ye...

Outgoing Parkersburg City Council members said their goodbyes while sanitation workers continued to stress the need for ...
12/18/2024

Outgoing Parkersburg City Council members said their goodbyes while sanitation workers continued to stress the need for better pay and protective gear Tuesday.

PARKERSBURG — Outgoing Parkersburg City Council members said their goodbyes while sanitation workers continued to stress the need for better pay and protective gear Tuesday during the last meeting of 2024. Three council members, J.R. Carpenter, Bob Mercer and Zach Stanley said their farewells whil...

Parkersburg resident Rick Modesitt was among the four electors from West Virginia who cast their Electoral College votes...
12/18/2024

Parkersburg resident Rick Modesitt was among the four electors from West Virginia who cast their Electoral College votes for Donald Trump on Tuesday.

PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man was among the four electors from West Virginia who cast their Electoral College votes for Donald Trump. “I was honored,” Rick Modesitt said. Modesitt said he was chosen to be an elector by the West Virginia Republican Party based on his years with the party, jok...

The West Virginia State Police arrested a man in Dunbar in connection with a shooting in Roane County.
12/17/2024

The West Virginia State Police arrested a man in Dunbar in connection with a shooting in Roane County.

SPENCER – The West Virginia State Police arrested a man in Dunbar in connection with a shooting in Roane County. Scott Breeden, 27, of Charleston, was arrested on charges of attempted murder and malicious wounding in the shooting of a woman, according to a press release from the West Virginia Stat...

West Virginia players and coaches don’t want a 52-15 loss to Texas Tech to be the lasting memory of the 2024 season, so ...
12/17/2024

West Virginia players and coaches don’t want a 52-15 loss to Texas Tech to be the lasting memory of the 2024 season, so they have attacked their preparation for tonight’s Frisco Bowl versus No. 25 Memphis.

MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia University football team is happy that the last time they came together on the gridiron wasn’t the last time they came together this season. WVU’s last foray was one of its worst losses, a 52-15 drubbing to end the regular season at Texas Tech. The Mountaineers w...

According to a press release issued Monday by the state Department of Health, Dr. Matthew Christiansen stepped down Frid...
12/17/2024

According to a press release issued Monday by the state Department of Health, Dr. Matthew Christiansen stepped down Friday as state health officer and commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health.

CHARLESTON — The tenure of State Health Officer Dr. Matthew Christiansen came to an end Friday. According to a press release issued Monday by the state Department of Health, Christiansen, who previously served as West Virginia’s drug czar, stepped down Friday as State Health Officer and commissi...

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