MARIETTA 鈥� Marietta City Council committees discussed the future of the Start Westward Monument, several financial transfers and the value of community partnerships during meetings Thursday evening. Public Lands, Buildings and Parks Committee Chairwoman Katie McGlynn then opened discussion ...
PARKERSBURG - A new chairman has been elected by the Wood County Republican Executive Committee in a recent organizational meeting. Rick Modesitt, a retired Parkersburg Police officer and chief, was elected chairman for a four-year term, succeeding Scot Heckert. 鈥淲ood County has been ...
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump鈥檚 closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, died Saturday evening after a 鈥渂rief and sudden illness,鈥� his office said in a statement posted on social ...
UPDATE: On Friday evening, the West Virginia Department of Health announced it had issued a cease-and-desist order on cleanup efforts at the site of the Peoples Cartage warehouse fire on Camden Avenue just outside of Parkersburg due to the potential presence of asbestos. According to a ...
PARKERSBURG - Multiple fire departments returned to the Peoples Cartage warehouse complex on Camden Avenue this morning after the fire that had burned for three days earlier in the week rekindled. The Wood County 911 Center received the call just before 5:30 a.m., a supervisor said. The ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� An increased discount for paying police, fire and sanitation fees in full for the year will be on the Parkersburg City Council agenda Tuesday. The first regular meeting in July is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building. City code offers a 1.5% discount to parties paying all 12 months of their fire, police and sanitation fees in advance by July 20. A pair of ordinances on first reading Tuesday would increase that to 5% and give people until Aug. 20 to pay it this year, since the ordinance could not receive final ...
