VIENNA – The Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg brought supporters together for a chance to win cash while helping cover the club’s day-to-day expenses during its first Cash Bash fundraiser at the Grande Pointe Conference Center. BGC of Parkerburg CEO Darlene Murphy said the event was ...
MARIETTA - The Hearts & Hands 4 Paws 5K was held Sunday in Marietta to raise money to pay veterinarian service expenses for spay and neutering efforts in the area. Around 200 people, many with their pets, participated in the 5K run/walk starting at Muskingum Park, down Front Street to the boat ...
MARIETTA — Marietta College says structural deterioration and renovation costs warrant demolishing Dorothy Webster Hall, while some alumni are urging preservation of the former home that became the college’s first residence hall for women. The planned demolition is part of a campus ...
PARKERSBURG – The beauty of music helps keep Kaden Frum focused on his goals. The 17-year-old senior at Parkersburg South High School has been involved in band and choir throughout his life and is looking at using that dedication in an engineering career after high school. “For as long ...
In his book, The Pentecostal Minister, author William Poteet reported that in 1903 the Russian Tsar noticed a sentry standing guard on the Kremlin grounds with nothing nearby to protect. When the Tsar inquired, he discovered that in 1776 Catherine the Great had posted a guard there because the first flower of Spring had appeared and she didn’t want the flower to be trampled underfoot. Spring turned to Summer and the flower died, but no one thought to relieve the guard. For the next 127 years, the sentries stood guard even though the reason for the posting no longer existed. Few ...
PARKERSBURG – The 30th annual Walk for Life was held Oct. 18 at Parkersburg City Park. The Walk for Life is an annual fundraising event for the Women’s Care Center. Every year, local churches and organizations build teams, and each walker takes financial pledges from family and friends to sponsor their walk. The goal for this year’s walk was $140,000 for the operation of Women’s Care Center, a Christ-centered medical clinic providing life-affirming choices for pregnancy and sexual health, according to a release from the organization. The services of pregnancy testing, ...
