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Barnesville Wins 27th Straight Regular Season Game
BEVERLY,OHIO (WTRF) – Barnesville opened their season with a convincing 51-16 win at Fort Frye. The win gives the Shamrocks their 27th straight regular win. The Rocks will host 1-0 Bellaire next week while the Cadets will host Belpre.
Ohio high school football scores | Akron/Summit County scoreboard from OHSAA Week 1
The 2024 Ohio high school football regular season kicks off this week, with Akron-area teams playing Thursday through Saturday. The action starts at 7 p.m. today when Walsh Jesuit travels to Youngstown to play Ursuline. We'll have full coverage throughout the weekend. Return here throughout for score updates, as well as box scores from area games at the end of each night. ...
Eastern football program introduces Honor Game
REEDSVILLE — Third-year Eastern High School head football coach Jason Jackson and his staff are looking forward to starting a new tradition, the Honor Game, which is set for Friday night when Wirt County invades East Shade River Stadium. The goal was to bring the history of the football...
WVSSAC Eliminates post-season baseball sectional play
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The West Virginia high school baseball post season will not have sectional play in 2025. The decision, according to a press release, was approved by the WVSSAC Board of Directors and was unanimously supported by the baseball coaches committee. Accordnig to the press release: “Each region will be divided into two […]
New farmers' market to take root in Mountwood Park this September
WALKER, W.Va. (WTAP) - Starting with a grand opening on September 7, the Mountwood Market will bring local produce vendors, meat vendors, craft makers, bakers and more together outside the Volcano Museum. Market Coordinator Jeromy Hauser said he and his wife Rebecca Walter wanted to start the market to give...
‘Once in a generation’ drought raises water quality concerns
ST. ALBANS, WV (WOWK) – Experts are calling the drought impacting large areas of West Virginia, a ‘Once in a Generation’ drought, as a drought has not affected the region to this degree since 1999. The drought could cause issues with vegetation, livestock and even water. City of St. Albans residents have expressed concerns with […]
GoPacks to host third annual Community Resource Fair on Sunday
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - GoPacks will host its annual community resource fair at the Lafayette Hotel in Marietta on Sunday, Aug. 25. Between 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon, organizations from across the Mid-Ohio Valley set up shop at the hotel to share details about what they offer to the community.
Meet the 2024 Football Friday Nite preseason team
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — High school football is back in Ohio, and with that comes the return of Football Friday Nite with Sports Director Joe Nugent, Whitney Harding and David DeGuzman. Here’s a look at the talented individuals who made the 2024 FFN Preseason Team. QB Tavien St. Clair, Bellefontaine He’s the No. 1 recruit […]
Ohio bill to pick a state fish swims through Statehouse
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A years-long effort inspired by NBC4 viewers and readers to crown the walleye as Ohio’s state fish is finally swimming through the Statehouse. The Ohio House passed House Bill 599 in June with a vote of 93 to 4 to designate sander vitreus, commonly known as the walleye, as the state’s […]
Motion hearing held for David Adams
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Motions were discussed on Friday in Judge Wharton’s courtroom for the case involving David Adams, who is a former Parkersburg swim coach. Adams was arrested in July of 2023 for several charges of sexual assault and sexual abuse. The state motioned to submit a total...
TV producer recalls generosity of talk show legend and Ohio native Phil Donahue
A giant of the television world, Phil Donahue, died this week at 88. Born in Cleveland, Donahue was dubbed the “king of daytime talk” for his program which aired from 1967-96. He hosted everyone from entertainers to presidents. Carol Story, who also hails from Northeast Ohio, was one of his producers during a 29-year run.
Report: Ohio school-to-prison pipeline bolstered by ‘exclusionary discipline,’ absenteeism
“Student disconnection” spurred on by mental health factors, disproportionate discipline and a lack of in-school supports plays its part in driving Ohio’s absenteeism rate, according to a new report from an Ohio think tank. That absenteeism, and the contributing factors of it, can create “an entry point in the school-to-prison pipeline,” according to Policy Matters […]
Free eye exams at South Parkersburg Baptist Church
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department partnered with the WVU Eye Institutes’ Appalachian Vision Outreach Program to give people free eye exams. This is to help people get these exams if they don’t have health insurance. Bethany Peters, a representative from the Mid-Ohio Valley Health...
Central State leads $5M grant to grow vegetables, fruit more sustainably
Central State University is recruiting farmers for a $5 million federal grant to grow higher yields of fruit and vegetables while lowering planet warming emissions. The $5 million grant for the program was the highest dollar amount offered by the from the United States Department of Agriculture. Program leaders are...
Cable barriers meant to prevent cross-median crashes failed in fatal I-70 crash that left 33-year-old woman dead
MADISON COUNTY, Ohio — Steel cable barriers line hundreds of miles of freeway medians in Ohio. Installed in 2003, they are designed to prevent a car or truck from crossing the median and crashing into traffic heading in the opposite direction. On Wednesday, the driver of a box truck...
Gov. Mike DeWine has called for removing politicians from redistricting. So why is he working to defeat Issue 1 in November?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine said multiple times during his last campaign for governor that politicians should be removed from the process of redistricting, the redrawing of state legislative and congressional maps. But he’s coming to Cleveland on Tuesday to help defeat Issue 1, an amendment that will...
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