Wood County News

The Wood County Board of Education will meet Tuesday to discuss the district's search for a new superintendent and to hand out several recognitions.

Several proposed changes in Wood County's land use regulations were approved Monday by the county commission.

A volunteer firefighter faces an arson charge for allegedly setting a brush fire in Wood County.

West Virginia will likely be sued by most - if not all - of its 55 county school boards, after the Legislature shot down Gov.

Wood County commissioners authorized purchase of a replica cannon reminiscent of ones used during the Civil War at Fort Boreman.

West Virginia schools will receive no state relief from a growing OPEB debt this year and will decide by the end of the month whether to file a lawsuit against the state.

Dispatchers say the Thursday afternoon fire at the Southside Self-Storage Facility off of Gihon Road in Parkersburg is now under control.

Officials from four area fire departments extinguished a brush fire Tuesday that burned 15 acres of land in Wood County.

A local development official agrees with a West Virginia University economic outlook that recovery will be slow.

MINERAL WELLS Fire departments from around Wood County responded to a fire Friday morning at the Microtel where 25-to 30 guests had to be evacuated.

A Wood County woman waits to be sentenced after she pleaded guilty Thursday in connection to robberies at two Parkersburg stores.

Fire departments were out all across the Mid-Ohio Valley Saturday trying to control brush fires.

The Wood County Commission and Fenton Art Glass Co. have teamed up for creation of a unique customized limited edition piece of glass artwork for sale to the public and as a marketing tool.

Temp: 57.0 F Font Size: A man has died Saturday night after a single vehicle accident in Wood County.

A Wood County man who was charged with concealing two deceased bodies was in circuit court Thursday for two hearings.

A Wood County attorney has pleaded guilty to failing to pay more than $405,000 in taxes.

Two pleas were heard Wednesday in Wood County Circuit Court. Dusty Albert Davis, 22, 119 Chateau Hills, Parkersburg, entered a plea agreement to plead guilty to burglary as charged by the September grand jury.

After two days of deliberations, a special session of the Wood County grand jury returned indictments against 41 individuals Tuesday.

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.

Wood County commissioners have contracted with Gannett Fleming, the firm that updated the county comprehensive plan, to look at area interchanges and recommend potential land-use regulations that might be applied to future development in those areas.