“We had to scramble to beat (Wood County) on their field in June,”said Marietta skipper Larry Hiser.“They beat us around in the Cambridge tournament on Fourth of July weekend. You’ve got to give a lot of credit to Craig Scoggan for keeping those bats down for seven innings and do...
Photo by Brett Dunlap Wood County 911 Director Rick Woodyard was one of several county officials who appeared before the County Commission Thursday to discuss their budget requests for the upcoming 2019-20 fiscal year. Commissioners reported they don’t believe they will have a significant increa...
Bob Enoch is president of the Wood County Historical Society. Would you like to help preserve our past for future generations? The society offers informative monthly meetings and an interesting, 20-page quarterly newsletter. Dues are just $20/year. Send to: WCHPS, P.O. Box 565, Parkersbur...
Wood County Board of Education President Rick Olcott speaks to Wood County Schools Assistant Superintendent Mike Fling before the start of Tuesday’s board meeting. Olcott is a member of the Wood County Teachers Retirement Association, which will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. today...
Raber said it was a“student-centered item”but should not require the board to create a policy to govern it county-wide. “And then we policy everything and that is not what we should be doing,”he said. Board President Rick Olcott said while it was an area the board not normally ...
“The Lee County economic development team and Governor Kemp’s team did great work to bring this project to fruition,”said Lee County Commission Chairman Billy Mathis. “We look forward to working with Woodgrain to bring 150 new jobs to Lee County.” ...
PARKERSBURG — Student creativity was on display at the Parkersburg Art Center for the annual Expressions Art Show. Wood County art teachers chose the best
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Wood County to get high-tech jobsJIM WALLACE
PARKERSBURG — Thousands of Wood County students were back in class Thursday for the first day of the 2019-20 school year. Teachers and administrators welco