Hundreds of people gather to attend a candlelight vigil at Point Park in memory of Gretchen Fleming. Read more in Wednesday's edition of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel or online at newsandsentinel.com.
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Local groups are organizing an event this week aimed at providing answers and assistance with a host of housing issues. The Parkersburg Housing Expo 2026 is slated for 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph鈥檚 Landing on Murdoch Avenue. 鈥淥ur goal is to have in one location any aspect of housing,鈥� said Lisa Doyle-Parsons, executive director of the Circles Campaign of the Mid-Ohio Valley and an organizer of the expo with Parkersburg City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck and Ron Tomasch of Polaris Home Funding. Those aspects include emergency, recovery, senior, veteran and rental ...
PARKERSBURG - Auditions for next year鈥檚 Smoot Theatre Vocal Ensembles will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the theater on Fifth Street in downtown Parkersburg. The Ensembles are the Children鈥檚 Chorus for boys and girls who will be in grades 4, 5 and 6 next year, the Girls ...
PARKERSBURG - The weekly Artsbridge Calendar of events: TODAY Debbie and Steve Sisson Art Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg Frederick Hayes Art Exhibit, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Paint Club: Watercolor Landscape Tutorial, adults, 3 p.m., Parkersburg Library- Emerson One last Crazy Messy Kids Club Day!, 4-5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Evening Story Time, ages 3-6, 5-6 p.m., Marietta Public Library WEDNESDAY Debbie and Steve Sisson Art Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg Walking Through the Books, all ...
Ciara Boone of Washington, W.Va., was named to the Dean's List at Olivet Nazarene University at Bourbonnais, Ill., for the Spring Semester. To qualify, a student must be enrolled full-time and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Tyler Fenton of Williamstown, a graduate of Williamstown High School, has received an All-Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Honor as one of three men's tennis student-athletes at Baldwin Wallace University at Beria, Ohio, to be selected to the 2025-26 All-Ohio Athletic Conference Team. Fenton this season led the team with a career-high 15 singles ...
BELPRE 鈥� Cancer survivors, caregivers, families and supporters gathered Saturday evening at Civitan Park in Belpre for Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society fundraiser held to celebrate survivors, remember those lost to cancer and raise money for research and patient support ...
