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Car wash bandit arrested after break-ins across several counties
RIPLEY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – An individual faces charges following the conclusion of an investigation into numerous instances of breaking and entering at car washes. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Levi Travis Harris – 32 years old of Arnoldsburg, WV – has been arrested after evidence emerged revealing that he had committed break-ins at […]
Lewis County Farmers Market to host Grand Opening
WESTON, W.Va (WDTV) - The Lewis County Farmer’s Market’s 2024 Season is opening with a bang this Friday. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will start at 5:30 p.m. Every Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., the Farmer’s Market will be open on Water Street in Downtown Weston.
WVDOH awards contract to renovate bridges on Interstate 79 near Burnsville
CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A project to renovate three sets of bridges on Interstate 79 near the Burnsville exit is among nine construction projects awarded by the West Virginia Division of Highways on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The projects are from a bid letting conducted Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Contracts awarded from the April 9 […]
State asks Jamey Noel to pay back $4.4 million to New Chapel EMS for 'unlawful' purchases
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel is being asked to pay back millions of dollars to New Chapel EMS. According to an audit of the Utica Township Volunteer Firefighters Association and New Chapel EMS, Noel paid for vacations, Rolex watches, child support payments, college tuition and more on the taxpayer's dime.
West Virginia officials approve construction of gas-turbine power plant
CHARLESTON — The siting certificate for a gas-turbine power plant proposed by Competitive Power Ventures in Doddridge County more than a year ago was approved Monday by the West Virginia Public Service Commission. The wholesale generation plant proposed by CPV Shay would be capable of supplying electricity to 1.8...
West Virginia high school AFROTC Cadet Tomey receives scholarship for flight training
LEWIS COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Cadet Lt. Col. Kaylee Tomey, an 11th grade Air Force Junior ROTC cadet at Lewis County High School has received a scholarship to attend Elizabeth City State University to participate in a private pilot license training program in the summer of 2024. According to Lewis County Schools, Cadet Tomey is […]
Arsenic, other dangers found in Ritchie County community drinking water
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Samples tested by the Health Department found hazards in the individual wells of several residents outside of the city of Pennsboro and the town of Ellenboro. 18 of 22 samples tested positive for arsenic, 14 tested positive for lead, as well as one for methane gas.
Patriot Legacies: John Walker an early settler at Big Springs
John Walker was born in 1747 in County Antrim, Ireland. At age 29, in 1776, he enlisted as a Private in Capt. John Morrow’s Company of Pennsylvania Riflemen of the 2nd Battalion. He took part in the battles of Long Island, New York; Trenton, New Jersey; and Brandywine and Germantown in Pennsylvania. John’s service coincided with a bleak time in our country’s fight for independence. The Continental Army only narrowly got away after its defeat at Long Island. Trenton was a morale booster as Washington...
Del. Heckert presents grant to North Star
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP)—A child advocacy center in the Mid-Ohio Valley is getting a boost from an economic development grant to help protect children. West Virginia Delegate Scot Heckert gave North Star Advocacy Center a $5,000 check for the High5Drive. The West Virginia Child Advocacy Network is holding its second-year...
Countywide Spring Cleanup Event set for May 18
PARKERSBURG — The 2024 Countywide Spring Cleanup Event will be held at the Erickson All-Sports Facility on May 18 from 8 am until noon. Wood County Solid Waste Authority is putting on the event in cooperation with other organizations at the complex located at 4601 Camden Ave. in south Parkersburg, said Director Sarah Robinson.
Home Stretch: Wood County alpaca farm positions itself as site for yoga class
PARKERSBURG — Mid-Ohio Valley yoga enthusiasts got a chance to try things a little differently Sunday in the form of alpaca yoga. Weird Flex Yoga owner and instructor Michelle Waters held an alpaca yoga session at Alpaca Run Farms in Parkersburg on Sunday. It was the first alpaca yoga session of the year, Waters said, and she has held a few others last year.
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