PARKERSBURG - A football standout at West Virginia University who played in the NFL will be featured in a Parkersburg Homecoming Festival fundraiser this month, the Homecoming Committee has announced. Owen Schmitt, known as the Runaway Beer Truck, will be at the Homecoming Dinner and Silent ...
Lighting struck both a house and a tree in Reno along State Route 26 during the hail storm Wednesday night, according to Reno Volunteer Fire Chief Jon Bradford. There was another structure fire reported in Wood County by the Wood County 911 Center but it could not be confirmed what caused ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Multiple local fire departments responded to a brush fire and structure fire Tuesday evening. The Vienna Volunteer Fire Department was called in to a quarter-mile-long brush fire around 5 p.m. according to Vienna Chief Steve Scholl on Wednesday. Scholl said the fire was near Staunton Avenue and Corning Park and spreading toward the railroad and neighboring businesses. 鈥淥nce we arrived on the scene we had the fire out within an hour,鈥� said Scholl. He said the Parkersburg Fire Department was busy putting out a structure fire around the same time so they called ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Wildlife photography by Dianne Wigal will be showcased at WesBanco during the month of April. Wigal鈥檚 photography has appeared in the 鈥淲onderful West Virginia Magazine鈥� as featured images. The Dianne Widgal Wildlife Photography Exhibit will be available for viewing ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� The City of Parkersburg this week has given three organizations a total of $55,000 through the federal Community Development Block Grant program. Recipients were the Parkersburg YMCA with $20,000 for youth scholarships, Discovery World on Market with $25,000 to expand access ...
