PARKERSBURG — Twenty-four years have passed since over 3,000 people were killed on Sept. 11, 2001. The day marks when thousands were injured or killed from the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a hijacked plane that crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa. Among those ...
A 9-year-old Marietta boy has donated LCD drawing tablets to a children’s hospital through a business he started a year ago. Since 2024, Hudson Wright has gone door-to-door selling neck gaiters, tape measures and manicure kits, donating a dollar from each sale to purchase toys for children ...
PARKERSBURG — About 250 protesters participated in five events in Wood and Washington counties on Labor Day to ask drivers and pedestrians to put laborers over the wealthiest Americans, according to Indivisible MOV. Workers Over Billionaires was a national day of action in the United ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Schools held an orientation for 23 new professional and service employees on Wednesday to help them get acclimated to the district, its policies and procedures. “The goal is really to familiarize them with the system and how we work, but also make sure that the ...
The Washington County Fair wrapped up its final day on Tuesday with the livestock sale and Fast Traxx event in the evening. The livestock sale went in order of lamb, goat, chickens, dairy feeder calves, rabbit, steer, and turkey. Results for the livestock sale can be found in today’s ...
Marietta City Council voted to adopt an ordinance that would remove the provision that makes it illegal for anyone over the age of 12 to wear a face mask during Halloween. They also voted to remove restrictions on pinball machines and minors playing billiards. The Streets and Transportation ...