NEW MARTINSVILLE — New Martinsville welcomed vintage hydroplanes back to the fastest freshwater course in America on Labor Day weekend 2025. This weekend was the eighth year the event has taken place in New Martinsville and 56 boats returned ready to race head-to-head on the Ohio ...
PARKERSBURG — Sue Rhymer spent five years in the U.S. Army as a nurse, including a one-year tour in Vietnam at an evacuation hospital. After graduating from a three-year nursing program, Rhymer, 82, of Vienna, was studying at Old Dominion at Norfolk, Va., for a bachelor’s of science in ...
(AP) — Dwayne Johnson takes a serious turn as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine,” which has its world premiere Monday at the Venice Film Festival. “I have for a long time wanted this,” Johnson said before the premiere. “The transformation part was something I was ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Hutton starts every White House portrait with an egg-shaped frame. He adds a nose, mouth, eyes and eyebrows, then outlines the face, guided by a series of horizontal and vertical lines through the oval. Hair comes next, followed by the neck and shoulders to add ...
VENICE (AP) — Singer Halsey bid for the top lot at the amfAR Venezia fundraiser Sunday and spoke on the red carpet about how the charitable foundation’s work has helped her personally. Hosted by an impassioned Colman Domingo in a bright green custom Valentino jacket, the event took place ...
Many spectators at Saturday’s Washington County Fair parade weren’t there as passive observers. Rather than try to catch candy tossed by units heading up Front Street to the county fairgrounds, Waterford resident Crimson Gribble and her family offered a target – a cornhole ...