Final work is being done this week to reopen Fourth Street near Marion Street. The project to repair a sinkhole required the street to be rebuilt in the area. Paving is expected to occur at the end of the week. The construction is being completed by Jimmie Harper Construction and was ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular ...
Today is Election Day in Ohio, with polls open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The ballot includes contested races in Marietta, Belpre and multiple villages, townships and boards of education. Three county-wide tax levies are on the ballot. Replacement levies supporting the Washington County ...
PARKERSBURG — The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department has recorded more cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, this year than in the last five years combined. The department investigated 16 cases of the respiratory illness between Jan. 1 and Oct. 31 in the region it serves, ...
Food assistance providers across the Mid-Ohio Valley are reporting sharp increases in demand as federal food benefits face disruption during the ongoing government shutdown, leaving families uncertain when — or how much — aid will arrive. The Trump administration said Monday it will ...
PARKERSBURG — The largest food pantry in Wood County has seen a substantial increase in families seeking assistance because of the delay and uncertainty of federal S.N.A.P. benefits caused by the government shutdown. The average was about 170 households a week helped by Old Man Rivers, ...