BUCKHANNON 鈥� An Upshur County man was arrested Sunday for driving through a barricaded section of a flood-damaged road, Sheriff J. Michael Coffman said. On Sunday, 鈥渄eputies with the Upshur County Sheriff鈥檚 Office arrested Larry Christopher Alderman, 53, of French Creek, West Virginia, ...
Ohio University at Athens has announced its President's, Dean's and Provost's lists. Undergraduate students with 4.0 GPA for the given semester with a minimum of 12 credit hours attempted for letter grades that are used to calculate GPA are named to the President鈥檚 List. Students on the President's List are Niki Adcock of Ripley, Eleni Angelos of Parkersburg, Jarrett Armstrong of Cutler, Emily Arnold of Marietta, Avery Baker of Marietta, Kasie Bibbie of Belpre, Ben Bishop of Coolville, Abigail Blaney of Vincent, Sami Blaney of Vincent, Gavin Bosgraf of Williamstown, Chloe Brown of ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Wood County Schools could turn to contracted teachers to fill seven autism education vacancies as the district continues to see growth in the number of students requiring special education services. Special Education Director Valissa Porter told the Wood County Board of ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Parkersburg City Council approved a pair of ordinances on final reading Tuesday authorizing a 5% discount on the payment of a year鈥檚 worth of police, fire and sanitation fees in advance. The ordinances, which passed on first reading at the July 14 council meeting, increased ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� People can participate locally in Thursday鈥檚 meeting of the West Virginia Natural Resources Commission. The meeting will be held simultaneously in each of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources鈥� six districts, where the local commissioner and staff will be present to gather public input. The in-person location for District 6 is the DNR office at 76 Conservation Way, Parkersburg. There will be an opportunity for public comments there. For those unable to attend in person, a view-only livestream will be available at youtube.com/@WVcommerce/streams. The ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Portions of two streets will be closed Thursday as the Parkersburg Utility Board performs pavement restoration following a fire hydrant replacement and leak repair. Beginning at 6 a.m., 19th Street will be closed from Murdoch to Garfield Avenue and Ohio Avenue will be closed from 19th to 20th Street, according to a release from the PUB. The closures are expected to continue throughout the day until the work is completed. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.
