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Sean Keefe reads off information on the back of a facemask box during a meeting of the Wood County Board of Education, Tuesday, at the Wood County Schools Central Office. (Photo by Tyler Bennett)
PARKERSBURG The Wood County Board of Education adjourned only two minutes after the school board meeting started Tuesday evening, after a protest by local parents not putting on their masks inside a packed Bailey Board Room at Wood County Schools Central Office.
Board president Justin Raber started the meeting asking to make a motion “to enforce the laws of the state of West Virginia in the executive orders requiring individuals in a public space to be wearing a mask.”
tbennett@newsandsentinel.com
Photo by Tyler Bennett
Sean Keefe reads off information on the back of a facemask box used by the public.
PARKERSBURG The Wood County Board of Education adjourned only two minutes after the school board meeting started Tuesday evening, after a protest by local parents not putting on their masks inside a packed Bailey Board Room at Wood County Schools Central Office.
Board president Justin Raber started the meeting asking to make a motion “to enforce the laws of the state of West Virginia in the executive orders requiring individuals in a public space to be wearing a mask.”
Wilda L. Bungard Parkersburg Finance Director Eric Jiles explains a question raised by the West Virginia Auditor’s Office about the carryover estimate for the 2021-22 fiscal year budget during Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Ryan Barber, center, is sworn in as Parkersburg’s development director after Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting, during which he was confirmed on an 8-0 vote. He is flanked by Mayor Tom Joyce and Personnel Director Sondra Wallace. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Randy Jay Riffle Susan Sheppard Ryan Barber, with the Parkersburg Development Department, speaks during a District 4 town hall meeting Monday at the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, as City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck listens. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Edward E. Debalski Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals listen as Wayne County Republican Executive Committee attorney John Bryan makes his case. (Screen Capture) Wood County Sheriff’s K9 Drago won the vote for Protecting K9 Heroes’ K9 of the Year. (Photo Provided) Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Patricia Rucker said she supports new legislation to create education savings accounts. (Photo Provided) Kelly Huggins Parkersburg City Councilwoman Sharon Kuhl, right, passes copies of the 2020 Development Department report to Councilwoman Jessica Cottrille during Tuesday’s council meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Members of Parkersburg City Council vote on the final reading of an ordinance establishing a Police Department internship program during Tuesday’s meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
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Brian âThe Railroad Manâ stops at the homeless drop-in center Tuesday to get warm, washed and fed, praising the spirit of the new venture at 312 Front St., in Marietta.
In a top hat, leather jacket and light-wash jeans, one of the clients of the new homeless drop-in center on Front Street shared his gratitude Tuesday.
“I got a shower in today, I got to be warm. It’s beautiful, beautiful,” said Brian, who goes by “The Railroad Man.” “A friend in there told me. You see, I’m not from this part of town. But there’s a lot of soul in there.”