19+ hour, 32+ min ago   (282+ words) ATHENS - Two suspects in a North Carolina homicide are dead Friday after a pursuit in Athens and Jackson counties, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. An automated license plate reader shortly before 8:20 a.m. Friday identified a black Mercedez-Benz registered to an…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (367+ words) MARIETTA – Marietta College hosted an AmeriCops Vista event where students, faculty and community members could sign cards thanking veterans, first responders, and active military members for their service on Friday afternoon. This was in conjunction with creating “care packages” full…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (455+ words) Parkersburg High School will hold its annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday at Stadium Field, organizers said. The ceremony, usually held around the flagpole, will be held in the stadium because this year is the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (379+ words) VIENNA - U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va. 2nd Dist. awarded $1 million in Community Project Funding to the city of Vienna and the Wood County Economic Development Authority for the remediation of the concrete at the former industrial side of Spencer's Landing on…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (87+ words) The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Picture This: Ribbon-cutting on the river A ribbon cutting was held Monday to mark the official opening of Marietta’s Levee Park on the Ohio River. The renovated levee was funded primarily by $9.4 million from the…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (652+ words) PARKERSBURG - Parkersburg City Council on Tuesday approved the final reading of an ordinance changing the municipal recycling program to comply with a July court ruling. Passed on a 6-3 vote, the ordinance means all city residents will be charged $3 a month…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (931+ words) PARKERSBURG -- The Wood County Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to delay action on a scaled-down renovation plan for Parkersburg High School's Stadium Field, giving supporters eight weeks to seek additional funding for a larger project. The board first rejected…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (413+ words) CHARLESTON - After a campaign led by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia is now being added to a list of states up for consideration for a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus, though environmental advocates have concerns. "West Virginia wasn’t originally part of…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (745+ words) MARIETTA -- As the Washington County Fair continued Monday, organizers and attendees discussed the fair’s upcoming move from its traditional Labor Day weekend dates to July next year, a change fair officials hope will provide more entertainment options and a less…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (511+ words) MARIETTA -- The 50th annual Ohio River Sternwheel Festival is days away, but visitors were already gathering along Marietta's riverfront to enjoy the boats, history and the renovated levee. For Lou Wendell of St. Albans, W.Va., the days before the festival are…...