Pleasants County News

The town of Belmont welcomed a new business on May 11, with the opening of M.A.A.D. Dawg Cycles.

After learning more than one-third of mental hygiene patients processed here come from out of the area, Wood County commissioners authorized a billing procedure so the county can attempt to recoup its costs.

Walking through the double-sided photos hung from the ceiling, Cynthia Alkire stops at a picture of a disabled man sitting on a wagon attached to two dogs.

Three free health programs in the Mid-Ohio Valley shared $25,000 in donations Tuesday from the Dominion Foundation.

A former Wood County sheriff's deputy was convicted of failure to perform official duties and battery after a two-hour trial Monday in Wood County Magistrate Court.

Local author Dave Morehead continues to document the macabre side of the Mid-Ohio Valley and surrounding areas in a sequel to his popular book, "Death is No Stranger." The new installment, "Death is No Stranger: The Sequel," documents six grisly cases spanning several decades of area history.

It has been talked about for years- expanding all of West Virginia Route 2 to four lanes.

Walter Carpenter remembers when the former Pleasants County Courthouse was destroyed in a fire...more than 85 years ago.

An old store will be the location of a new exhibit during the next few weeks...an exhibit of Pleasants County's history.

West Virginia family court judges attend two conferences each year, and this year's spring meetings are being held in Parkersburg.

It's been more than two years since Robert C. Dobrzynski was granted a new trial in a Marshall County sexual assault case - but he hasn't gotten one yet.

While Kay Meredith was growing up in Wood County, her mother, Elma Sweeney Huggins, used to describe working at the Boreland Springs Resort.

Easter scenes came to life Saturday night as Pleasants County churches joined to recreate the events.

A 29-year-old man enters a guilty plea...at a hearing with a change in attorneys.

Local animal shelters are preparing for the influx of kittens and puppies as the spring season brings.

In Pleasants county...and particularly St. Marys...new businesses are coming in, and old businesses are expanding and remodeling.

Even with economic uncertainty, some new small businesses have opened in St. Marys. The Blue Devil's Den Subs and More and a Network Alliance branch have opened in St.

Volunteers will continue trying to obtain easements for the Pleasants County water project.

Emergency response crews across the Mid-Ohio Valley were busy this morning assisting drivers who had some trouble with the slick roads.

Tuesday, a fake amber alert was sent to folks in Pleasants County. Well, it turns out that same message is reaching cell phones all across the nation.