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04/15/2025

Weather Statement
April 15, 2025 2:20 p.m.

GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE WITH POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL THIS
AFTERNOON...

It will continue to be windy this afternoon. Most locations can
expect to see wind gusts peak in the 30 to 40 mph range. However,
there is a small chance that you may see a wind gust up to 50 mph,
especially in any heavier showers or isolated thunderstorms that
develop. Such wind gusts can blow around unsecured objects and
even cause some minor tree and structure damage. Small hail will
also be possible in any heavier showers or thunderstorms this

04/04/2025

Saturday, April 5, racing at Tyler County Speedway has been canceled due to weather.

Yes, yes, it's been a few days since I did a morning update. I'm trying to get caught up on stuff. Hopefully they will resume in Monday.

03/31/2025

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 A.M.
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A SEVERE Thunderstorm watch has been issued for our area until 3 a.m.

03/16/2025

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TORNADO WATCH FOR OUR AREA UNTIL 4 P.M.
MARCH 16, 2025
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 53 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST OHIO

ATHENS GALLIA JACKSON
MEIGS MORGAN PERRY
VINTON WASHINGTON

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 31 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

BRAXTON CALHOUN CLAY
GILMER JACKSON NICHOLAS
ROANE TAYLOR WEBSTER

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

BARBOUR DODDRIDGE HARRISON
LEWIS PLEASANTS POCAHONTAS
RANDOLPH RITCHIE TYLER
UPSHUR WIRT WOOD

IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

BOONE FAYETTE KANAWHA
LINCOLN LOGAN MINGO
PUTNAM RALEIGH WYOMING

IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

MASON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALUM CREEK, ATHENS, BECKLEY,
BELINGTON, BELMONT, BELPRE, BRIDGEPORT, BUCKHANNON, BURNSVILLE,
CHAPMANVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLARKSBURG, CLAY, COWEN, CRAIGSVILLE,
CROOKSVILLE, ELIZABETH, ELKINS, FAYETTEVILLE, GALLIPOLIS,
GASSAWAY, GLENVILLE, GRAFTON, GRANTSVILLE, HAMDEN, HAMLIN,
HARRISVILLE, HARTS, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, HURRICANE, JACKSON,
LOGAN, MADISON, MAN, MARIETTA, MARLINTON, MCARTHUR,
MCCONNELSVILLE, MIDDLEBOURNE, MULLENS, NEW HAVEN, NEW LEXINGTON,
OAK HILL, OAK HILL, OCEANA, PADEN CITY, PARKERSBURG, PENNSBORO,
PHILIPPI, PINEVILLE, POINT PLEASANT, POMEROY, RAVENSWOOD,
RICHWOOD, RIPLEY, SAINT ALBANS, SISTERSVILLE, SOMERSET,
SOUTH CHARLESTON, SPENCER, ST. MARYS, STOCKPORT, SUMMERSVILLE,
SUTTON, TEAYS VALLEY, VIENNA, WEBSTER SPRINGS, WELLSTON,
WEST UNION, WESTON, AND WILLIAMSON.

03/15/2025

Traffic and Weather
March 15, 2025 9:30 a.m.

Good Morning! Good Morning! Today is Saturday, March 15, 2025. It’s the Ides of March.

This is day in ancient Rome when all legal debts were to be settled. It’s also International Eat an Animal for PETA Day and just imagine my surprise when I found that PETA didn’t stand for People Eating Tasty Animals. Who knew?

Advertise in the INNformer! If you are a local business then chances are pretty good that we reach your customers. When you think of it, you can advertise with a regional coverage, not just a county and we checked, it turns out what happens in one county can actually impact what’s going on in another.

On this day in 44 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated by several members of the Roman Senate.

Interestingly, the assassination didn’t come about because Caesar had overthrown the Roman Republic. By the time he crossed the Rubicon, now a term for passing a point of no return, the Republic’s corruption had made all the voters cynical.

It didn’t happen because he had declared himself dictator for life.

It was because the Senate believed that he was going to demand that he be crowned monarch. It was one thing to act like a king, it was quite another to be called one.

And that just couldn’t happen.

Rome had a very bad experience with the son of the last king and as a result wouldn’t tolerate someone claiming the title. Roman law actually demanded that anyone declaring themselves king be killed.

So, while there were almost five centuries of dictatorships during the Empire, none assumed the crown.

In 351 A.D., also on this day, the Roman Empire was split in two with the Eastern part being ruled from Constantinople and the western remaining in Rome, the Eternal City. The Western Roman Empire ended in the year 476 and the Eastern Roman Empire, also referred to as the Byzantine Empire, continued on for another millennium, falling in 1453, four years after Christopher Columbus landed in the New World.

In 1820 Maine, once part of Massachusetts, was admitted as the 23rd state in the Union and in 1869 the Cincinnati Red Stockings became baseball’s first professional team with 10 salaried players. The highest paid player received a $1,400 salary, about $32,000 in today’s money.

Weather:
The weather forecast has changed: Heavy rains this morning, showers this afternoon. Will be windy, 10 to 20 mph. High 73. Tonight, showers with a low of 72.

For tomorrow, rain in the morning with showers in the afternoon. High 88.

Traffic:
The Sistersville river crossings are at a standstill this morning with construction delays continuing on the Sistersville - Fly Memorial Highway Bridge. The goats in Wetzel County report that the Shortline Highway and Route 7 are exceptionally smooth. We don’t believe them, you just can’t trust an old goat.

And New Martinsville is still annoying.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 63 degrees and it looks like the skies are about to open up.

03/11/2025

Weather and Traffic
March 11, 2025 9:13 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is TUESDAY, March 11 and the year is 2025. Today is National Johnny Appleseed Day and Debunking Day, a day dedicated to either fact checking or fact-checking the fact checkers. I’m not really sure which. Later I will be looking up to when “Aw Sh*t, they were right all along” day is.”

As far as Johnny Appleseed, he was John Chapman, a real person. In 1800, at the age of 26, Chapman planted his first orchard and then traveled down the Ohio, Muskingum and Walhonding Rivers planting apple small apple orchards. The apples that he planted were not the large sweet ones we eat today, they were of the spitter variety, used in making apple cider.

If your club or organization has an event coming up in April or May please make sure you get it into us as soon as possible. You can email them to [email protected] Only one N in informer, not the two that we usually use.

On this day in 1789 Benjamin Nanneker and Pierre Charles :’Enfant began laying out the Capital City, Washington, D.C. and in 1897 the New York Times reporter that on the previous day a meteor exploded over New Martinsville.

The concussion from the blast knocked David Leisure unconscious and debris killed at least one horse and caused property damage.

Weather:
Spring! High today in the mid to upper 70s with overnight lows in the upper 30s. Tomorrow, Spring! High’s in the upper 70s.

A reminder that there is a daytime BURN BAN in effect. Today will be windy, so not burning.

Traffic:
Expect delays on WV Route 2 south of Sistersville as the DOH continues to replace guardrails and in New Martinsville because it is just annoying, meteors or not.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 43 degrees under clear skies.




03/09/2025

Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour.

Daylight Savings starts today! Woo Hoo!

And while you are at it, change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

02/27/2025

Weather and Traffic
February 27, 2025 9:25 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is THURSDAY, February 27 and it’s National Chili Day, National Big Breakfast Day and Paczki Day, and I wonder why I am hungry.

If you club or intentional not-for-profit is having an event coming up in late March and in April now is the time to get it in to us.

On this date in 1801 Washington D.C., comprised of land given by Maryland and Virginia is placed under Congressional jurisdiction as the capital city. The founding fathers believed that having the national capital situated within a state would give that state’s government potentially the ability to control the federal government.

And in 1879 Russian born chemist Constantin Fahlgerg discovers an artificial sweetener which was later marketed as Saccharin, which working on coal tar analysis at John Hopkins University.

Not only could coal tar sweeten your coffee it was used in other foods and used to preserve railroad ties.

Weather:
Cooler today, cloudy with chance of showers. High in the upper 40s. Tonight’s low about freezing. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with highs in the mid to upper 50s.

Traffic:
Expect delays south of Friendly on Route 2 as guard rail replacement continues and for the old farts to get in front of you when you are late. Plan accordingly.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 52 degrees under cloudy skies.

02/25/2025

Traffic and Weather
February 25, 2025 9:15 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is TUESDAY, February 25, 2025 and it’s Let’s All Eat Right Day and National Chocolate Covered Nut Day.

Website Subscribers: We are working on some issues with our website that we’ve been made aware of. Apparently, the company that host’s the darn thing did an update and some of the plug-in things aren’t working. Later today I will be burning sage at my desk and was thinking of hosting a prayer circle to see if that would help. I was told that dousing computers with holy water doesn’t work and will short them out. Darn modern technology.

On this day in AD 138 Roman Emperor Hadian adopted Antonius Pius, effectively making him his successor. This was fairly common, having the Emperor adopt an adult male into his household to secure a successor and there were only five notable occasions in the five hundred year history of the Empire when the natural son took over. Usually it was a cousin, nephew or someone whom the Roman military pointed to and said “him.”

In 1836 Samuel C**t received his patent for the first multi-shot revolving cylinder revolver. In 1862 Congress authorized the “greenback,” the first fiat currency issued by the government that wasn’t backed by a commodity, such as gold.

If you look old bills, like tens and twenties, you will see that they demand noted and could turned in to the bank for a fixed amount of gold (pre-1930) and silver up until 1963.

And in 1940 the first televised ice hock game took place with the New York Rangers defeating the Montreal Canadians 6-2 at Madison Square Garden. About three hundred television sets could receive the signal.

And in one of those disturbing side notes in history which just baffles the hell out of me: It was on this date in 1932 that Adolf Hi**er became a German citizen. Prior to that he was Austrian. And less than a year after he became a German citizen he was appointed Chancellor of the government.

Weather:
Today will be partly cloudy. With highs in the lower 60s. Tonight’s low around freezing. For tomorrow cloudy with chance of showers.

Traffic:
There will be delays on Route 2 as the DOH replaces guardrails south of Friendly.

Please refrain from fishing in the larger potholes as you may create a driving hazard. And a reminder that DNR is not stocking them again this year.

And New Martinsville is still annoying. The other day we almost made it through town from one end to the other without hitting a red light (yes the power was ON) but just caught the one by McDonalds.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 40 degrees under mostly sunny skies.

02/22/2025

Weather and Traffic
February 22, 2025 9:22 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is SATURDAY, February 22. Today is National Walk Your Dog Day, National Margarita Day and, because all the lesser people need a break, Be Humble Day.

So tamp it down for a day. Be the best humble that you can be.

The latest issue of the INNformer should be completely distributed by later today. And yes, it would probably go faster if I didn’t stop and talk to everyone. We have been picking up new advertisers so if you own a business contact me!

On this in 1819 Florida is ceded to the United States from Spain in the Adams- Onis Treaty.
Also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the agreement also settled the border between the US and Spain from New Orleans westward to the Pacific and relinquished US claims to some of the Spanish lands resulting from the Louisiana Purchase.

The Spanish were eager to cut-lose Florida as it couldn’t administer or garrison the area. 183 days later Mexico gained its independence from Spain.

In 1856 the newly formed Republican Party held its first national meeting in Pittsburgh and in 1909 the Great White Fleet, the first US fleet to circle the globe, returned to Virginia after spending 14 months on a promotional tour.

The Great White Fleet, so called because the hulls of the ships were painted bright white, was comprised of 16 battleships and showed the world that the US had developed to capability to project its power around the world.

Weather:
Warmer today with increasing clouds. High temps in the upper 30s. Tonight’s lows will be in the upper teens. For tomorrow, sunny with a few clouds. Highs in the mid 40s.

Traffic: The Sistersville river crossings are at a standstill this morning, seek alternate routes.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 25 degrees under clear skies.

02/17/2025

Weather and Traffic
February 17, 2025 9:15 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is MONDAY, February 17 and it’s Presidents Day. No mail and no banking. It’s also the start of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week -and- National Pancake Week. Go figure.

The next issue of the INNformer comes out later this week.

On this day in 1691 Englishman Thomas Neale was granted a patent (concession to deliver the mail) for the first American postal service. Neale’s franchise cost him only eighty cents a year but the postal service was still a financial drain.

Like many of these colonial positions, the Crown appointed Neale and he never stepped foot in North America, rather he hired people in the colonies to run the operation.

In 1801 the US House of Representatives broke the electoral college tie and elected Thomas Jefferson the third President. He defeated Aaron Burr, who then served as his Vice-President.

Weather:
Partly cloudy today with temperatures rising into the mid to upper 20s. Tonight, mostly clear with lows in the single digits. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 20s.

The cold weather will be sticking with us through the week with above freezing high temperatures holding off until Saturday.

Traffic:
Main roads appear to be mostly clear. Be careful on the secondaries, under all that snow is probably ice. Also, keep an eye out for debris in slide prone areas. Heavy rains followed by frigid temperatures means rocks rolling down hills.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 21 degrees.

02/17/2025

Winter Weather Advisory
Issued: 5:15 PM Feb. 16, 2025 – National Weather Service..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

* WHAT...Snow. Additional snow accumulations up to one inch. Winds
gusting as high as 35 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest
Virginia, and central, northern, southeast, southern, and western
West Virginia.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Monday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The combination of wet roads, falling
temperatures, and additional snow showers will result in slick and
icy roads overnight into the Monday morning commute.

02/16/2025

General Traffic Advisory
February 16, 2025 1 a.m.

If you are going to be traveling between Sistersville and Paden City during the next couple of days slow down and keep an eye open for rocks.

Rain ain't the only thing coming down. Sistersville VFD is on scene currently getting some rocks out of the roadway.

02/15/2025

Weather and Traffic
February 15, 2025 9:30 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is SATURDAY, February 15 and it’s National Gumdrop Day, National 'I want Butterscotch Day' and Remember the Maine Day, but more on that later.

We are currently under a FLOOD WATCH and will be so until late Sunday night. One to three inches of rain expected. Don’t cross flooded roads and remember, while you may think you know how deep the water is- your fancy vehicle is full of expensive electronics that don’t cotton to getting submerged. If you're not going to worry about yourself then worry about your damned truck.

You know, that fancy 4 x 4, with lift kit, ground effect LEDs and chrome muffler that you wouldn’t dare to take on a gravel driveway.

Advertise with the INNformer, we reach your customers.

Congratulation goes out to our state Delegates for their ingenious approach to promoting the Mountain State nationally.

Regardless of whether Spruce K**b ever becomes Trump Mountain, the sponsors managed to get the state national exposure, in front of millions of people, and their stunt will probably prove to be more effective in drawing people to our state than whatever tourism campaign is currently underway.

And the cost for this? That of a piece of paper. And, I’ve read the legislation, the name change would only take place five years after Pres. Trump’s death. All advertising is good advertising.

On this day in 1898 the battleship USS Maine blew up in Havana, Cuba, leading to the Spanish- American War. While at the time the explosion was blamed on Spain, later historians believe that it was caused by a coal bunker fire that touched off a magazine full of explosive shells. Bunker fires were common.

As a matter of fact, it was noted that there were several cases of spontaneous combustion attributed to the same delivery of coal as what the Maine had onboard.

It was high quality New River bituminous coal from the southern part of the state.

And five years later, in1903, the first Teddy Bear went on sale when toy store owner Morris Michtom made two and put them in the front window of his Brooklyn store. Michtom had received permission from Roosevelt to use his nickname.

Oh, and in 399 B.C., the philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth and, basically, pi***ng off everyone in power. Historians note that he was notoriously ugly.

Weather:
Rain today. High in the mid to upper 40s with overnight lows in the low to mid 40s. Tomorrow, rain early turning to snow as temperatures plummet. High 53 falling in the afternoon into the 20s.
Next week: Cold. We may get 3 inches of snow mid-week.

Traffic:
Roads are wet. Don’t drive through flooded areas. New Martinsville is annoying.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 36 degrees with drizzle.

When news breaks we will shameless blame the new guy for pointing it out because we ignored it under the old one. It’s the Press Standard Operations Procedures, by the way. Page 523. It doesn’t matter if we are referring to crappy test scores, leaking sewer lines or national politics.

02/14/2025

Weather Brief
February 14, 2025 9 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is FRIDAY, February 14, 2025 and it’s Valentine’s Day.

I was planning on going on and on about the history of the 3rd- century Roman saint that the day is named on honor of, AND, the famous 1929 mob hit that occurred on this date -but I will spare you. Too much to do, not enough time to procrastinate.

I blame D.O.C.E., Demands of Chuckie Efficiency, I have a lot of writing to do.

Weather:
Today, most sunny today, temperatures in the low to mid 30s. Tonight’s low in the upper 20s.

For tomorrow, rain. Heavy at times with close to two inches in total possible.

Sunday, miserable, rain changing to snow as temperatures drop from the 50s into the low 20s.

Extended forecast. Next week will see high temps in the low to mid 20s with overnight lows in the single digits.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 19 degrees under clear skies.

02/11/2025

Roads Update
February 11, 2025 5:55 p.m.

If you are going out this evening be aware that untreated roads are slick and slow down.

02/11/2025

Weather and Traffic
February 11, 2025 9:30 a.m.

Good Morning! I just double checked and my computer says that today is TUESDAY, February 11. Three more days to Valentine’s Day, for all of my fellow clueless. Today is Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day, National Peppermint Paddy Day and National Shut-in Visitation Day.

So go visit someone who either can’t get out or is in a nursing home. Go find a copy of our free paper and say you are just bringing them one. I generally don’t do this, but I will tell you that I drop off copies of my paper at some of the nursing homes. It’s a great feeling seeing someone’s face light up when I hand them a paper and make them feel connected to the rest of the world.

Be that ray of sunshine in a life today.

And now back to our regularly scheduled sarcasm.

On this date in 1809 US inventor Robert Fulton was granted a parent for the steamboat, almost a year and a half after his steamer Clermont’s 1807 voyage up the Hudson River to Albany from New York City. When the Clermont reached Albany the engineer, who had been so terrified that the boiler was going to explode, went on a bender and had to be replaced for the downward return trip.

And 213 years ago, in1812, a well known, and to some- beloved, political tradition was born when Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a redistricting law, which gave his party the advantage in the upcoming elections. .

The map of one of the redrawn state senate distracts in Essex County looked like a salamander and one of the opposition newspapers quipped that they drew a Gerry-mander.

And now you know where the history of the term. Elbridge Gerry became Vice President under Pres. Madison.

In 1963 Julia Child’s The French Chef premiered on WGBH in Boston. The 6'-2" Childs was a researcher for the Office of Strategic Services with a top-secret clearance and following the war married another OSS officer and they moved to Paris. While there she took cooking classes.

Weather:
We are under a winter weather advisory until 11 a.m. Cloudy with temps climbing to mid 30s today, snow showers tonight with a low of 32. Tomorrow, showers with a high in the mid-40s.

Traffic:
Oh My! Look at all the snow we got overnight. What a storm. Roads are currently clear and dry. Sistersville River Crossings are currently experiencing delays and New Martinsville is....

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is cloudy and 31 degrees.

When the news that should have been in the news all along becomes the news. we will deflect using news people who didn’t want to report the news explaining why now the news shouldn’t be in the news. Or is this all news to you?

I need more coffee.

02/11/2025

Winter Weather Advisory

Issued: 10:27 PM Feb. 10, 2025 – National Weather Service..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations
between 2 and 4 inches and ice accumulations around a light glaze.

* WHERE...Portions of southeast Ohio and central and northern West
Virginia.

* WHEN...From 4 AM Tuesday to 11 AM EST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the Tuesday morning and evening commutes.

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