3+ hour, 38+ min ago  (372+ words) Too many in our communities have grown addicted to harassing public officials and public workers for both not doing enough with our money AND spending too much of it. Meanwhile, there is an element of troublemaker that just wants to…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (888+ words) Metro News Talkline cohost T. J. Meadows has been quite up in arms lately about what he refers to as the progressive left or, as in one Facebook post from T. J. , "Washington Liberals," and their criticism of Elon Musk becoming the world's first…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (602+ words) PARKERSBURG " Democratic congressional candidate Ace Parsi joined local advocates Tuesday in Parkersburg to call for more scrutiny of federal job cuts at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service and to support residents opposing proposed changes to the city's sanitation service....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (406+ words) PARKERSBURG " Members of Parkersburg City Council rejected " by one vote " an appeal of the determination that a petition for a referendum on the city's proposed sanitation contract was insufficient. "You can vote for sufficiency, and let's get this over with,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (348+ words) BELPRE " A piece broken from a newly installed musical instrument at a Belpre park has been found, but city officials said they do not know who damaged it. Mayor Susan Abdella said the city located the broken piece and expects…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (707+ words) PARKERSBURG " As the newly-hired Executive Director for Wood County Recreation, Jared Bloxton feels like the position is the perfect fit. "With this one, everything just felt great about it. With the interview, the commission members were very professional but also…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (862+ words) OMAHA, Neb. " Ben Lumsden's fly ball in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday, man, for a split second, it looked really good for West Virginia. "Definitely thought it was a homer," WVU baseball coach Steve Sabins later admitted. "I think…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (352+ words) PARKERSBURG " Brent Stull first walked into the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg as a child. Decades later, the club alumnus is helping lead the organization where he said he first found a sense of belonging. Stull was recently named director…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (201+ words) 87, formerly of Parkersburg, passed away June 8, 2026, at the Madison at Oviedo in Oviedo, Florida. He was born August 18, 1938, in Mobile, Alabama, a son of the late Charles Sr. and Clarice Cummings Childress. Charlie worked for the social security administration until…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1161+ words) PARKERSBURG " Parkersburg City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether a referendum petition to repeal the city's proposed contract for trash service is sufficient, as the committee behind the effort seeks a judge's ruling on the matter. Council will…...