PARKERSBURG The Parkersburg Detachment of the West Virginia State Police, in conjunction with the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention, will hold a pair o
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This section of Plum Street between Seventh and 13th streets is on the list of roads to be repaired as part of Parkersburg’s annual paving project. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
PARKERSBURG The city’s annual paving project starts next week, with some overnight work on Murdoch Avenue beginning today.
A new plating system for the floodwall gate crossing Murdoch Avenue was installed in March. Work on the second phase begins at 8 p.m. today, with a crew paving the approaches to the plates to provide a smooth transition, according to a release from City Engineer Adam Stout.
PARKERSBURG Drug sales and a stolen vehicle were among charges from this week’s arrests.
On Thursday, law enforcement responded to Ohio River Outdoors on Emerson Avenue following a call about a shoplifting, according to a criminal complaint filed in Wood County Magistrate Court.
Shawn Douglas Bowman, 29, 229 Franklin St., Marietta, was arrested after he was found with methamphetamine and fentanyl at the scene, according to the complaint. Bowman and three others were allegedly trying to steal items before realizing they were being watched and put the items back, the complaint said.
Law enforcement was notified one of the members of the group used drugs inside the restroom of the business, the complaint said.
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Parkersburg City Council President Zach Stanley, right, explains the format for a council workshop to discuss priorities for the coming year and the four-year term during a Committee of the Whole meeting Friday at the Municipal Building as Councilmen Austin Richards, left, and Chris Rexroad listen. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Councilman Chris Rexroad writes down items fellow council members identify as concerns in their districts during a meeting of council’s Committee of the Whole on Friday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Councilman Bob Mercer speaks during a Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss council priorities Friday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
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The aircraft shown above was “parked” at Guinn’s airfield along Gihon Road in south Parkersburg for a few years. (Photo Provided)
Before opportunities of simulated flight offered by modern computer games, few children had the opportunity to fulfill the childhood dream of flying. Most kids had to imagine looking over a crowded instrument panel, and could only dream of peering through the blades of a propeller.
But, for a few years, beginning in the late 1940s, the kids living in the Gihon Road area of south Parkersburg, were in “kid heaven;” they had their own P-51 Mustang.