This Historic West Virginia Hotel Hides a Restaurant and Secret Speakeasy

A West Virginia hotel that opened in 1889 still serves dinner in an elegant dining room, and there is a secret speakeasy downstairs that requires a door code to enter. The Blennerhassett Hotel in downtown Parkersburg is home to Chancellor’s, where the menu includes Chilean sea bass, bourbon-glazed salmon, steaks, and chicken piccata. The historic building also has a lounge and a past connected to presidential campaigns, local legends, and more than a century of visitors.

WV District Brings Order-Ahead Convenience to Breakfast

Pre-ordering through an app has become part of everyday life for many teens, whether for take-out dinners or their favorite coffee orders. Wood County Schools in West Virginia is bringing that familiar convenience into the school cafeteria with Build a Better Breakfast, a pre-order program giving students more choice while making breakfast service faster and easier to access on rushed school mornings.

Silent movie set for Smoot centennial show

A famous silent movie complete with live orchestral accompaniment will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday as part of the Smoot Theatre's celebration of its 100th anniversary. The theater will present "Steamboat Bill, Jr.," filmed in 1928 and starring Buster Keaton. Keaton plays the spoiled and citified college-educated son of a seasoned and gruff riverboat captain who tries to make him a manlier man like him.

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This West Virginia Buffet Is A Hidden Gem Locals Love Sharing With Visitors

How do you choose between fried chicken, creamy mac and cheese, homemade noodles, and a plate of mashed potatoes when nobody’s telling you to pick just one? Now that’s the kind of decision worth taking your time over. Along the Ohio River in West Virginia, there’s a family-run...

Oh Well: The mall is back

Shopping malls have significantly lost popularity since the rise of online shopping and social media. Lately, social media has been diving into mall culture and even promoting it. The mall is coming back with real estate values increasing by 13% for malls. This means more people are going to the mall, boosting its value.

The show goes on: The Smoot marks 100 years in Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG -- For much of its hundred-year history, the Smoot Theatre operated alongside other local theaters to bring first vaudeville and later movies to residents of the community. The Smoot, on Fifth Street between Juliana and Market streets, opened Oct. 18, 1926. The theater was built for performances on stage...

Annual quilt show in November

PARKERSBURG - The 22nd annual Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-15 at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History, 137 Juliana St., Parkersburg. Admission to the show is the price to get in the museum, $4 for adults and $2 for children...

11 West Virginia Seafood Buffets Where The Selection Seems To Go On Forever

There’s a moment at a seafood buffet when you realize you’ve made a tactical error. You filled your first plate way too early. Because then you spot the shrimp. Then the crab legs. Then something fried. Then something buttery. Suddenly you’re doing the mental math like a contestant...

Parkersburg native turns a lifetime of journeys into a book

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) -For Ron McCoy, becoming an author was never part of the plan. But after a lifetime of hard work, travel, photography and missionary trips around the world, the Parkersburg native has turned his stories into a book he hopes future generations will learn from. McCoy was born...

Sam’s Gym, training life champions

Sam’s Gym in Glouster, Ohio, is the oldest running boxing gym in the country. Sam Jones started running the gym in 1959, after it was founded in 1936 by his father, grandfather and Frank Buhla. Since its opening, Sam’s Gym has been a home to fighters and athletes.

Parkersburg teen wins first place at Tsubasacon

A Parkersburg girl won first place in a cosplay contest at the Tsubasacon convention in Charleston. Audrey (Tobi) Cox, 14, the daughter of Mic and Lindsay Cox, won first place in the Runway Division. The competition was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday. "I was really surprised," Cox, who competed as...

Arts and entertainment events happening October 15th-18th across the Mid-Ohio Valley

PARKERSBURG, W.Va . (WTAP) - Here is a look at all the arts and entertainment events happening this weekend across the Mid-Ohio Valley. A complete list of events can be found at artsbridgeonline.org. Thursday, October 15th. Wes Banco presents Yvonne Reusser with Watercolor Display @ WesBanco- Market St Parkersburg, WV.

Backyard Gardener: Hard frost marks end of growing season

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Most likely we will say goodbye to the growing season this weekend in the Valley as frost is in the forecast. Any late squash, tomatoes or other vegetables need to be harvested quickly. Don’t forget to move houseplants back indoors before they get frosted....

Once Coal Country, These 1,800 Acres Of Ohio Hills, Mud, And Off Road Trails Are An Off Road Adventure Waiting To Be Explored

The road can disappear beneath your tires long before the adventure feels like it has begun. At Perry State Forest APV Area Trailhead Parking in Somerset, Ohio, riders find a gateway to roughly 1,800 acres of wooded hills and rugged terrain shaped by the area’s coal-mining past. Muddy stretches,...

Spooktacular MOV - Maxwell Family

Thank you to the Maxwell Family for today's Spooktacular MOV submission!

West Virginia broadcasting legend Frank Giardina dies at 72

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A West Virginia broadcasting legend has died. Frank Giardina passed away Sunday in Putnam County at the age of 72. Giardina was a graduate of Dupont High School and Marshall University. He was the play-by-play voice of Marshall Athletics from 1977 to 1986 before...

Parkersburg South art students to paint bird houses for new sanctuary

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Parkersburg South High School art students will paint bird houses for a new bird sanctuary in the city. City council approached the school about the project. Over the next few weeks, students will partner up to paint 10 bird houses donated by Wood Craft and Home Depot.