MARIETTA - October's First Friday event celebrated the start of the spooky season with the theme "Wicked Walkabout." Businesses and organizations plan activities and sales for the monthly event to draw folks downtown to support the businesses there.
MARIETTA – When Spencer Rutter got the call that after more than eight decades, his uncle’s remains had been identified, it didn’t take him long to tell the Army where they should end up. “They belong at Maplewood Cemetery in Glouster, with his parents,” Rutter, an 83-year-old ...
Meetings ¯ The Fiscal Year 2027 (Round 21) committee meeting of the Natural Resources Assistance Council will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Buckeye Hills Regional Council, 2585 Glendale Road, Marietta. The purpose of this meeting is to review the Fiscal Year 2027 (Round 21) Clean Ohio applications for eligibility. Questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Kylee Nichols, development specialist, at knichols@buckeyehills.org. To learn more about Buckeye Hills Regional Council, visit www.buckeyehills.org, call 740-374-9436 or 1-800-331-2644 (toll-free), or email ...
PARKERSBURG - Members of the community gathered Sunday at the Smoot Theatre in downtown Parkersburg for the first of two celebrations of the venue’s 100th anniversary. The theater opened on Oct. 18, 1926, in the era of vaudeville and silent movies. A second event is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, when the silent movie "Steamboat Bill, Jr." starring Buster Keaton will be screened.
GALLIPOIS – One man was killed Saturday in an accident in Gallia County southwest of Gallipolis, the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Ronald Montgomery, 33, Crown City, was driving north on Carter Road near the intersection with Woodie Road in a 2011 GMC Sierra and went off the left side of the road, the post said. The vehicle struck an embankment and overturned, the post said. Also in the truck were Randy Spring, 48, of Crestline, and two children ages 6 and 9, the post said. Montgomery was pronounced dead at the scene, the post said. The passengers were taken ...
PARKERSBURG – The work of an artist from Woodsfield will be on display this month at WesBanco Bank on Market Street in downtown Parkersburg. Yvonne Reusser also is a business owner who has been painting for more than 60 years in all water media, especially transparent watercolor. “My ...
