The Wood County Commission has named Jim Hamric to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Robert Tebay. Hamric was chosen ...

One of 14 Stations of the Cross rises among the nearby trees along the Fr. Charles F. Highland nature trail near the St. John Catholic Church along Ohio 676 recently. The half mile trail starts near ...

As it turns out, Sydney Shaw had another reason to be motivated to help the 15th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team capture the Big 12 women’s tournament. It came from the other Big 12 coaches, who ...

As the buzzer sounded on the Big 12 Tournament championship game, Jordan Harrison ran and leaped into the waiting arms of her West Virginia teammates, who squeezed her so hard it looked as if it hurt.

A bill that could change West Virginia’s outdated school aid formula to a block grant program for county school systems in three years was amended by the Senate Education Committee to speed up ...

A Parkersburg man who served in Vietnam has written a sequel to his first book with the expanded title of “Johnny Come Crumbling Home with PTSD and the Effects of Agent Orange.” John Danielski said ...

West Virginia baseball lost the last game against Kennesaw State for its second loss of the season. The Mountaineers canceled the series against Radford and then the makeup against Marshall. Amidst ...

Good grief! A musical based on one of the most beloved comic strips in history will be presented at Parkersburg High School. “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” based on the Charles Schultz characters ...

According to numerous polls, over 85% of Americans believe a valid picture ID should be required before voting at the polls. The House of Representatives has passed the SAVE Safeguard American Voter ...

Common sense: good sense in everyday affairs, practical intelligence. Not book knowledge, able to figure out the solving of a problem. Evil: morally bad, wrong, sinful, wicked, corrupt, harmful. The ...

Friendly rivalries and territorial touchiness aside, when it really counts, Mid-Ohio Valley schools are there for one another. That was proved again last week when the lights went out in Williamstown ...

The first day of municipal budget hearings Monday included an overview of allocations presented by the city Finance Director Eric Jiles. Jiles went through half of the budget with an opportunity for ...