WILLIAMSTOWN — An investigation is ongoing after a man’s body was found floating in the Ohio River Saturday evening near Marietta’s shoreline. The deceased’s name was released publicly Sunday morning in a Facebook post by the Wood County Sheriff’s Department. He was identified as ...

PARKERSBURG — City employees and a business have cleared brush, trash and debris from along the Parkersburg Ohio River Trail. Martin Marietta was planning to remove scrapped and discarded items from their property near the trail even before an area resident raised concerns about it at ...

PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation is working with area philanthropist Rob Fouss to make sure every community child in need has a pair of shoes this holiday season. Fouss and his sister, Pam Fouss Wenmoth, created the Robert E. Fouss Memorial Fund with the PACF in 1999 ...

The Ohio Department of Development and Washington-Morgan Community Action continue to help income-eligible Ohioans stay warm during the cold winter months. The Home Energy Assistance Winter Crisis Program provides eligible Ohioans assistance paying a utility or bulk fuel bill or assistance ...

Ten Marietta College students were recently inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honorary. Two of them were local students: Katie Lively of New Matamoras, Ohio, is majoring in History and is a graduate of River High School. Dani Nesselroad of Stockport, Ohio, is ...

PARKERSBURG — Chemours will conduct new sampling for “forever chemicals” around its Washington Works facility under an agreement announced this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Per- and polyfluroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are often called forever chemicals because of ...