PARKERSBURG 鈥� A project is underway to expand the World Trade Center Memorial at One Government Square in downtown Parkersburg. New additions will be built around the centerpiece of the memorial, a marble block containing a piece of a steel beam from the World Trade Center鈥檚 south tower. ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Indivisible MOV held a reading of the Declaration of Independence on Wednesday at Bicentennial Park in downtown Parkersburg to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the document鈥檚 first public reading. The grassroots volunteer organization, which advocates and demonstrates on ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� A shooting that left one person hospitalized remained under investigation Friday evening. Parkersburg Police responded around 11 a.m. to a shooting in the 500 block of Myrtle Street. Police Capt. R.L. Koher said the victim was taken to WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center for treatment, where his condition was not immediately available. He remained hospitalized Friday evening. The person accused of firing the shot was taken into custody, Koher said. Police said there was no ongoing danger to the public. On Friday evening, the department posted on its Facebook page ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� At their regular meeting Thursday, the Wood County Commission received updates on local tourism and the Peoples Cartage warehouse fire. Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau President and CEO Mark Lewis updated the commission on how tourism has been in the ...
CHARLESTON 鈥� Internet service providers are on track to close out major broadband projects in West Virginia through the Biden-era American Rescue Plan Act just in time to begin work on the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. Members of the West Virginia Broadband Enhancement Council received updates on federally funded broadband expansions projects Thursday during its regular virtual meeting. Kelly Workman, director of the state Office of Broadband, told council members Thursday that officials were working with ISPs on navigating the complicated federal environmental ...
MORGANTOWN 鈥� 鈥淲e take pictures of license plates. We use those for crimes.鈥� That, Monongalia County Sheriff Todd Forbes said recently, is the extent of the function and use of the Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras in Monongalia County. In November, the Monongalia ...
