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Pools looking for lifeguards
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - As summer quickly approaches, the search for lifeguards is taking place. Parkersburg YMCA will supply lifeguards for North Hills and Williamstown Pools during this summer. The YMCA Sports Director J.R. Kerr says that lifeguards will survey the pools, clean and maintain the facilities, and assist in...
Ohio man claims the home he broke into was his “office;” Home owner finds dirty dishes, meth pipe, sweatpants and prescription bottles with arrested man’s name on it
A home owner claims that he returned from being out of the Ohio Valley area and found his John Deere Gator UTV missing, and that someone had broken into his residence and camper. The Noble County Sheriff’s Office says the person who broke into the home owner’s house made themselves feel at home. There were […]
Marietta going full throttle with Great Race preparations
MARIETTA — The City of Marietta is preparing for June 23 and the arrival of the Great Race, the first time the famous automobile race will come to town. “We’ve been trying to get to Marietta for years,” said Jeff Stumb, director of the Great Race. A...
Vienna efforts to interrupt water service on Monday
VIENNA — City of Vienna Utility Board employees will replace a water valve in the overnight hours of Monday, April 29, at 29th Street and Grand Central Avenue. At 11 p.m. water service will be interrupted for customers between 23rd and 30th streets and Grand Central Avenue and 10th Avenue. Service will be restored when the work is completed.
A Monroe funeral home offers its services to the family in Swan Boat Club tragedy
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Truly a story of strangers helping strangers. Rupp Funeral Home in Monroe, MI is offering its services free of charge to the family who lost two children in the Swan Boat Club tragedy in Newport, MI Saturday afternoon. Justin Miller, a manager with the funeral home,...
Parkersburg Utility Board to restrict lanes on Fifth and Green Monday
PARKERSBURG — Traffic will be limited Monday at Fifth and Green streets as the Parkersburg Utility Board does valve replacement work in the area. Work is scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. Monday and continue until around 4 p.m. Fifth Street will be reduced to a single northbound lane...
WVDOH honors fallen workers with memorial
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - At the rest stop in Williamstown the West Virginia Division of Highways held a memorial for the workers who lost their lives while in a work zone. At the memorial they had speakers come up and gives their respect to the workers and their families some through personal testimony and some through statistics.
Mid-Ohio Valley Odds and Ends
PARKERSBURG — Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action Group is accepting applications through September for participation in a program in the 2024-25 school year for youth in grades 9-12 who have an interest in environmental and climate issues and would like to work on a long-term, service-type project of their choosing over the course of the school year, in either their school or larger community.
Transit levy on ballot for Parkersburg and Vienna voters in primary
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Voters in Vienna and Parkersburg will decide whether to renew a long-standing levy that funds the Mid-Ohio Valley Transit Authority. Transit Authority General Manager Michael Kesterson said the levy has been in place consistently for some time. “The Transit Authority started back in 1976,” Kesterson said. “There was previous transportation for Parkersburg, but the Transit Authority, it was in 1976. They went to the cities in Vienna and Parkersburg and got the levies stated. And it’s been every year up till now. Always passed except for, I think, one time back in the ‘80s maybe or sometime.”
Williamstown ceremony honors fallen West Virginia DOH workers
WILLIAMSTOWN — West Virginia Department of Transportation officials honored their workers who were killed on the job during a ceremony in Williamstown Wednesday. Randy Damron, events coordinator for the West Virginia Division of Transportation, welcomed attendees at the West Virginia Welcome Center off Interstate 77. He started his remarks...
Demolition begins on old Belpre Elementary School
BELPRE, Ohio (WTAP) - Demolition began on the old Belpre Elementary School building Thursday. The building, currently near the grounds of Belpre High School, will continue to be demolished over the next several weeks according to the Superintendent of Belpre City Schools, Jeff Greenley. Greenley also says that all of...
Patriots blank Warriors, head into tournament hot
PARKERSBURG — On senior night, Parkersburg South softball had the opportunity to honor seniors Emma Johnson and Becca Beatty for their years of dedication to the program. The Patriots took full advantage of the matchup against Warren, racking up eight runs in four innings while maintaining a shutout to force a premature end to the game after four and a half by a final of 8-0. The Warriors went three up and three down in the top of the first. The Patriots quickly got to work in the bottom half of the frame, compiling five runs. Beatty started things off with a double from the leadoff position and was brought home on a single by Emma Kuhl. Later, Brooklin Whitehead hit a double that brought home two baserunners and was sent to home plate herself on a triple by Alison Marcum. The last run of the inning was scored on a sacrifice fly ball hit by Emma Johnson. South was able to load the bases before the end of the inning, but was unable to drive any more runs home.
WVU Medicine Camden Clark CEO Steve Altmiller to retire
PARKERSBURG — Steve Altmiller will be retiring as the president and CEO of WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg at the end of the summer. The medical center issued a press release Wednesday saying Altmiller will be retiring on Aug. 31. Altmiller joined the Health System in...
CCMC holds luncheon to show appreciation for volunteers
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Camden Clark Medical Center held their annual volunteer appreciation on Thursday afternoon highlighting the devotion, time and effort the volunteers put into the hospital daily. “Of course we want to celebrate the volunteers during this week to give them recognition for all of the endeavors they...
PACF “Extra Mile Challenge” matches $1:$1 up to $225,000
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) -Some community members are going the extra mile for the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation to help them continue to be able to give back the community. It’s called the “extra mile challenge”. Julie Posey is the Senior Development and Stewardship Officer for the foundation.
Parkersburg continues efforts to clean Point Park, trail after floods
PARKERSBURG — Point Park and the Parkersburg Ohio River Trail remain closed as city workers continue work to remove mud deposited by back-to-back floods earlier this month. “We appreciate the public’s patience as we want to be sure we got the cleanup done in a manner to ensure safety of city personnel and the general public,” Mayor Tom Joyce said Thursday.
How to vote in Wood County, WV
The start of a big election year is here, and between now and November West Virginians will have the opportunity to weigh in on a lot of important races. This all starts with the May primary election on May 14, 2024: voters will have a chance to choose Republican, Democratic or Mountain Party ballots, and pick candidates for a U.S. Senate seat, both of West Virginia’s U.S. representatives, and every statewide office including governor. Plus, every seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates is on the ballot, half of the state Senate seats and circuit court, family court and magistrate judges in every county. And that doesn’t even include all of the crucial county and municipal jobs, like boards of education and county sheriff.
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