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Manhunt Continues, Description Released
Tuesday @ 8:19 p.m. UPDATE: Troopers release description and photo of suspect. The search continues Tuesday night for a Wood County man on the run from authorities after a traffic stop turned up drug charges in Alabama.
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Deer hunters head to the woods
About 280,000 licensed hunters will be out for West Virginia's annual deer firearms season beginning today and running through Dec.
Ryanair denies aircraft flew too low
A GERMAN pensioner has been taken to hospital after a Ryanair aircraft allegedly flew so low that it knocked tiles off her roof.
Wood Co. Fire Department Jurisdictions
A storage facility fire Thursday was in the Lubeck Volunteer Fire Department's jurisdiction but it is also just a few blocks away from the Parkersburg city line.
Gihon Road to Re-Open Following Storage Facility Fire
Dispatchers say the Thursday afternoon fire at the Southside Self-Storage Facility off of Gihon Road in Parkersburg is now under control.
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PARKERSBURG The Wood County Fire Investigation Team is looking into the cause of a Thursday afternoon fire at a storage unit on Gihon Road.
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Brush fire burns 15 acres in Wood C.....
Officials from four area fire departments extinguished a brush fire Tuesday that burned 15 acres of land in Wood County.
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Betsey Hallman and Sara Caltrider thought the ringing in their hotel room at the Microtel Inn was the alarm clock.
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Wood Schools: Flu clinics a success
Officials say Monday's H1N1 vaccine clinics at Wood County's public elementary schools was an overall success, with only a handful of schools running short on H1N1vaccine.
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Fire officials ready detectors
In the wake of the recent Camden Avenue house fire that claimed the lives of three people, including an 11-month-old boy, officials with the Parkersburg Fire Department have been busy answering inquiries about the free smoke alarm program funded by a Community Development Block Grant.
Wet Roads Causing Minor Problems
The rain came down on Saturday in the Mid-Ohio Valley due to a low pressure system coming from the south that has given the area so far and inch and a half of rain.
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County officials consider more earl.....
PARKERSBURG Wood County officials met Thursday to discuss the possibility of adding more early vote precincts.
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Local teen wins barrel horse compet.....
Seventeen seconds can seem like an eternity in some sports, but in barrel horse competition that same time frame feels like a blur.
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Penny Lorain Wilson Law, 31, of Mineral Wells passed away July 20, 2009, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
It began late Wednesday morning, with a break-in at a storage building on route 68 just outside Lubeck.
Temp: 84.0 F Heat Index: 84 F Three suspects are in custody after a search which stretched from Lubeck to the Ohio River along route 891.
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Many visit area gardens on tour
People were looking at what can be done in a garden and finding ideas they could implement in their own gardens during the 2009 Wood County Master Gardeners Garden Tour Sunday in Parkersburg.
Golfing circuit stops at Beverly
Well aware of how humbling golf can be on the best of days, Josh Webb was entirely pleased with his round Friday on the second stop along the Mid-Ohio Valley Junior Golf Association.
Accused Parkersburg Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty
A man accused of dealing drugs in Parkersburg has pleaded guilty in federal court.
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Rt. 68 Crash hurts 3, snarls traffi.....
Three people were taken to area hospitals after a three vehicle accident on W.Va. 68 near the South Fork of Lee Creek.