20+ hour, 57+ min ago   (282+ words) ATHENS - Two suspects in a North Carolina homicide are dead Friday after a pursuit in Athens and Jackson counties, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. An automated license plate reader shortly before 8:20 a.m. Friday identified a black Mercedez-Benz registered to an…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (367+ words) MARIETTA – Marietta College hosted an AmeriCops Vista event where students, faculty and community members could sign cards thanking veterans, first responders, and active military members for their service on Friday afternoon. This was in conjunction with creating “care packages” full…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (652+ words) MARIETTA - Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy used a campaign visit to Marietta on Friday to outline proposals addressing data centers, property taxes and services for veterans while marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Ramaswamy met with Gold Star…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (555+ words) PARKERSBURG -- Stillworks Distillery, located just underneath North End Tavern in Parkersburg, has earned national recognition after its Allegheny American Single Malt Whiskey received a silver medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The award marked the distillery's first time…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (455+ words) Parkersburg High School will hold its annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday at Stadium Field, organizers said. The ceremony, usually held around the flagpole, will be held in the stadium because this year is the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (379+ words) VIENNA - U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va. 2nd Dist. awarded $1 million in Community Project Funding to the city of Vienna and the Wood County Economic Development Authority for the remediation of the concrete at the former industrial side of Spencer's Landing on…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (87+ words) The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Picture This: Ribbon-cutting on the river A ribbon cutting was held Monday to mark the official opening of Marietta’s Levee Park on the Ohio River. The renovated levee was funded primarily by $9.4 million from the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1071+ words) PARKERSBURG - Parkersburg City Council passed an ordinance on first reading that could lead to the closure of part of 7th Street to make way for WVU Medicine Camden Clark's East Tower project. The ordinance has the city vacating a portion of…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (652+ words) PARKERSBURG - Parkersburg City Council on Tuesday approved the final reading of an ordinance changing the municipal recycling program to comply with a July court ruling. Passed on a 6-3 vote, the ordinance means all city residents will be charged $3 a month…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (931+ words) PARKERSBURG -- The Wood County Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to delay action on a scaled-down renovation plan for Parkersburg High School's Stadium Field, giving supporters eight weeks to seek additional funding for a larger project. The board first rejected…...