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Smith, Newberry inducted into state bowling HOF
PARKERSBURG — A pair of Parkersburg South High School graduates – Tom Newberry and Duane Smith – were recently inducted into the West Virginia State USBC Hall of Fame. The journey for the duo took different routes for their enshrinement, but they both felt it was quite fitting they were inducted at the same time.
Homecoming: Parkersburg kicks off annual celebration
PARKERSBURG — The 2024 Parkersburg Homecoming kicked off Friday night with people gathering at Point Park to join in the festivities. The evening began with a musical performance on the mainstage in the Riverfront Park Amphitheatre with Jack and Davis Reid at 6:30 p.m. Festival goers Bonnie and Bill Higgins said they were excited to see the pair on stage.
Picture This: Racer’s View – Mile 12.9, Keeping Watch
PARKERSBURG — The horse of a Market Street hitching post looks out onto the street near the intersection with Tenth Street. Runners and walkers in both the News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two mile events will pass the spot late in their races. Both races end a few blocks away at Sixth and Market streets. Registration for the races is available at www.newsandsentinelhalfmarathon.com. (Photo by Art Smith)
Bob Carr hired to coach Catholic girls basketball
PARKERSBURG — Coaching has been Bob Carr’s calling for more than 35 years. During that time, he worked as an assistant for basketball programs at Parkersburg High School, Ohio Valley University and Parkersburg Catholic High School. At no time was he a head coach at those stops. Until...
Parkersburg Planning Commission advances generator amendment
PARKERSBURG –S The Municipal Planning Commission on Friday approved an amendment to Parkersburg’s zoning code prohibiting people from using generators as their primary source of electricity, except in cases of temporary power loss. City Planner Connor LaVelle said the change was requested by the code enforcement department, which...
This Is Home: Long-time RTA Festival volunteer Eric Dowler
MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) - Eric Dowler has been the Director of the Rivers, Trails, and Ales Festival for the past eight years, but his overall involvement with the festival whether it be in a volunteer coordinator role or as a participant has lasted nearly 12 years. A self-described avid cyclist...
Teen of the Week: Frontier High School grad Brookyn Dunn eager to pursue career in the classroom
NEW MATAMORAS — When Brooklyn Dunn walks on the campus of Marietta College this fall she will be about a year ahead of the other 2024 graduates embarking on their college careers. While a student at Frontier High School she took college level courses at Washington State College of...
Back-to-School: How students face overinvolvement
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) -Many students find different ways to manage their time during the school year so they don’t get overly involved and burnout. Members of the Ravenswood Marching Band express that they have there own ways of dealing with time management. “I tend to pride myself on being...
Walz viewed more favorably than Vance: Survey
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who was recently selected as Vice President Harris’s running mate, is seen more favorably than former President Trump’s vice presidential selection, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), according to a poll released Friday. The ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey found 39 percent of respondents said they either have a “strongly” or “somewhat” positive…
To tear down Biden’s climate legacy, Vance needs to go through Ohio’s mayors
Mark Messer is no climate activist. The Republican mayor of Lebanon, Ohio, a town of about 20,000 on the outskirts of Cincinnati, recently tweeted a photo of himself with JD Vance — the state’s junior senator — with a message to “make America make sense again.”
Secretary LaRose refers alleged election violations for prosecutions
The Center Square COLUMBUS– A company that canvassed Ohio to register voters could face criminal charges for submitting fraudulent registration forms. Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Monday he has referred evidence of suspected election law violations to 20 county prosecutors around the state. “We take every allegation of wrongdoing in our elections seriously, whether […] The post Secretary LaRose refers alleged election violations for prosecutions appeared first on The Tribune.
FirstEnergy agrees to deal to avoid state prosecution | Reporters Roundtable
Akron-based FirstEnergy agreed this week to a deal with the state of Ohio to avoid state prosecution for its role in the House Bill 6 bribery scandal. HB 6 included a billion-dollar nuclear bailout. FirstEnergy, which bribed an Ohio house speaker and a state regulator, is paying another $20 million...
Ohio AG Yost and three other AGs push for grocery mega-merger between Kroger and Albertsons
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his counterparts in Alabama, Georgia and Iowa went to court Wednesday to urge that the merger between Kroger and Albertsons go through. Opponents of the merger — including the Federal Trade Commission and eight state attorneys general — say that such a huge merger in a consolidating marketplace will […]
Chance for showers sticks around heading into Parkersburg Homecoming weekend
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - A low pressure system is passing through causing scattered showers and storms. The warm front associated with the low has passed causing dewpoint temperatures to climb to around the mid to upper 60s. Along with the higher dewpoint temperatures, the overnight lows will be on the warmer side as well only dropping to about 70.
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