CHARLESTON 鈥� Del. Josh Holstein will lead West Virginia's Republicans for a full term, with party leaders delaying consideration of re-opening future primary elections until next year, and voting to distance itself from a former lawmaker accused of sexually exploiting a child. The West ...
A sign directs residents to Shelter 9 in Parkersburg City Park, for the effort to gather signatures for recall petitions for Mayor Tom Joyce and some members of City Council. Parkersburg resident Brian Hayden said the effort has been 鈥渉ands-off,鈥� with mostly social media outreach. ...
BEVERLY 鈥� Sixteen under won the 11th BrAva Golf Outing on July 25 at the Lakeside Golf Course in Beverly. The winning foursome of Aaron Clark, Derek Ginther and Brad Kearns of Waterford and Kelson McCurdy of Beverly shot 54 in the annual benefit scramble at the par-70 Lakeside. The event, sponsored by BrAva, a local nonprofit group increasing childhood cancer awareness and raising funds for local families and the search for a cure, raised more than $21,000. 鈥淚 support the BrAva golf outing because childhood cancer is a terrible thing to fight alone,鈥� Clark, who has golfed in ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� City of Parkersburg officials are reviewing a court ruling that could impact how recyclable materials are picked up. Wood County Circuit Court Judge J.D. Beane issued a declaratory judgment on Thursday that the city's new method of picking up recyclables does not follow established state law and the city remains obligated to establish and implement a curbside-collection program for recyclable materials that satisfies the minimum requirements of the statute. Parkersburg resident and attorney Walt Auvil said, in motions in his original suit, the city violated state code ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� The rural community of Walker in Wood County is close to Buddy Wilson鈥檚 heart. The Parkersburg-based singer-songwriter grew up in Walker and plays music there. His newly released CD of 10 songs is appropriately titled 鈥淲alker Road.鈥� The CD鈥檚 namesake meanders through ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Police officers, emergency medical personnel and school officials participated in active shooter response exercises throughout Wood County Schools this week, practicing how multiple agencies would work together during a mass casualty incident. The training involved Wood ...
