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MOV Golf Classic Hosts Big Name Guest
Last Updated: 11:42 PM 05/20/12 - Golfers from all around come to participate in the Mid-Ohio Valley Golf Classic. And this year, one big draw is the guest speaker.
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25 Years Of Building Dreams
Last Updated: 11:43 PM 05/20/12 - Habitat For Humanity celebrates 25 years of service to the community with a groundbreaking ceremony for Wood County's 63 Habitat home.
UPDATE: Police Suspect Alcohol In ATV Accident
Last Updated: 11:42 PM 05/20/12 - A man is in critical condition after crashing an ATV in Washington County, and police suspect alcohol could be the cause.
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Washington County Fish Derby`
Last Updated: 11:43 PM 05/20/12 - The lake is open for business. The Washington County Fish and Game Association kicks off the summer season with their annual fish derby.
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UPDATE: Driver In Hit And Run Comes Forward
Last Updated: 11:52 PM 05/20/12 - UPDATE: Deputies say the driver of a hit and run comes forward.
Local Boy's Grave Vandalized
Last Updated: 11:40 PM 05/19/12 - Barbara and Patrick Kincaid are still grieving the loss of their son. A process, they say, is made harder as vandals continuously desecrate his grave.
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UPDATE: Motorcycle Victim's Dies Of Injuries
Last Updated: 11:36 PM 05/19/12 - Multiple sources close to the family tell us the motorcycle victim of Friday's accident passed away from his injuries on Saturday.
Best in Show
Last Updated: 6:44 PM 05/19/12 - The dog days of summer are right around the corner, but this was a day for the dogs all on its own.
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Kids Learn about Lewis and Clark
Last Updated: 6:32 PM 05/19/12 - Learning through adventure. Kids got to know the history behind Lewis and Clark.
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Troopers Find Man Dead In Car
Last Updated: 11:38 PM 05/19/12 - Troopers find a man dead in his car on the side of a road but they say it's not from a crash.
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Relay For Life In Washington County Still Trying to Reach Their Goal
Last Updated: 11:42 PM 05/19/12 - Two counties... one goal! Putting an end to cancer at the Relay For Life in Wood and Washington Counties.
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Gardening With Dave On WTAP At 5
Last Updated: 11:33 PM 05/18/12 - Friday, we caught up with Dave Fleming of Greenleaf Landscapes to learn how to grow our own vegetable garden.
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Marking A Reminder
Last Updated: 6:59 PM 05/18/12 - No fishing and no swimming...that's the reminder for people visiting the sea wall at the newly-renovated Point Park.
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Minimal Impact?
Last Updated: 6:02 PM 05/18/12 - The U.S. Postal Service says Wood County and area residents won't notice the change when the Parkersburg Postal Processing center is consolidated with the center in Charleston.
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Ohio Unemployment Rate Falls for 9th Consecutive Month
Last Updated: 5:34 PM 05/18/12 - It dropped for the 9th consecutive month. Ohio's unemployment rate keeps falling.
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UPDATE: Business Rebuilds After Fire
Last Updated: 4:31 PM 05/18/12 - A fire completely destroys a local business but the owners won't fold.
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Wood Count Schools Hope For Free Lunches
Last Updated: 3:57 PM 05/18/12 - Next year some schools in Wood County may be offering free breakfast and lunch to students.
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Bike To Work Day Success!!
Last Updated: 1:23 PM 05/18/12 - National Bike to Work Day turns out nearly thirty people in Parkersburg.
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New App Allows WV Voters To Track Their Provisional Ballot
Last Updated: 10:29 AM 05/18/12 - Charleston, W.Va. – A new application on the Secretary of State’s website allows voters who cast a provisional, or “challenged,” ballot during the 2012 primary election to check the status of that ballot.
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Ohio Sex Offender Arrested In Wood County For Failing To Register
Last Updated: 9:49 PM 05/17/12 - The West Virginia State Police arrest a man they say was refusing to register as a sex offender.
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Indoor Grow Facility Busted
Last Updated: 11:30 AM 05/18/12 - The West Virginia State Police and the Parkersburg Drugs and Narcotics Task Force team up to bust a Wood County indoor grow facility.
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Update: Possible Plant Closing Concerns Residents
Last Updated: 2:29 PM 05/18/12 - While it isn't certain when the Willow Island Power Station in Pleasants County might shut down, residents are still worried about what that might mean for the local economy.
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United Way Gets $5,000 From Commission
Last Updated: 6:56 PM 05/17/12 - The United Way of the Mid-Ohio Valley secured money from the Wood County Commission to help fund a part-time staff member.
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"All Out Day"
Last Updated: 6:45 PM 05/17/12 - Friday, May 18, will be the Ohio State Highway Patrol's "All Out Day." It's an attempt to keep the Ohio highways a little safer.
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YES Days at WSCC
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 05/17/12 - Young Engineers and Scientist. It's the 20th annual YES Days, helping local students explore the career field.
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Columbus Authorities Contact Washington Co. To Make Arrests
Last Updated: 4:18 PM 05/19/12 - Two Marietta men arrested on I-77 and authorities say they admit to traveling to Columbus to pick up more drugs.
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Sentenced to Jail
Last Updated: 4:31 PM 05/17/12 - An Athens County Judge sentenced Melinda Johnson from Glouster to four years and eleven months behind bars.
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UPDATE: I-77 South Near Mineral Wells Open
Last Updated: 12:17 PM 05/19/12 - UPDATE: I-77 south is reopen to traffic Friday, after crews shut it down to repair damage.
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I-77 North Near Ravenswood Shut Down by Truck Accident
Last Updated: 10:16 AM 05/17/12 - Interstate 77 south of Ravenswood is open to traffic after an accident involving to semis shut it down for most of Wednesday.
Sex Offender Arrested Again
Last Updated: 11:14 AM 05/17/12 - A repeat offender is back behind bars Thursday after a juvenile family member says he sexually abused her.
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Update: Hearings Set on Electric Contract
Last Updated: 7:01 PM 05/16/12 - The West Virginia Public Service Commission has set evidentiary hearings for July 30-August 1, on a proposed rate plan aimed at reopening Ravenswood's Century Aluminum plant.
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Update: Worthington Ball Fields Broken Into Again
Last Updated: 6:55 PM 05/16/12 - For the second night in a row...a break-in at the Worthington Little League park has resulted in items stolen...and people wondering.
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Hotel Site?
Last Updated: 7:03 PM 05/16/12 - It's mostly talk right now, but discussion on a proposed new hotel for Parkersburg centers on the present location of the Salvation Army.
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Ohio One Step Closer to Banning Electronics Behind the Wheel
Last Updated: 6:35 PM 05/15/12 - Both the Ohio House and Senate pass a bill banning electronics while driving and now the bill waits for Governor John Kasich's signature.
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The Wait Over Watts
Last Updated: 6:37 PM 05/15/12 - The PSC says it is working quickly to establish a process for a utility rate structure for Century Aluminum, but some of those affected say the process has become slower.
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Parkersburg Salvation Army Commander Moving On
Last Updated: 6:40 PM 05/15/12 - Major Vernon Dolby, commander of the Parkersburg Salvation Army since 2008, is planning soon to move with his wife to Central Pennsylvania.
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Ohio Man Sentenced To Death For Triple Stabbing
Last Updated: 4:18 PM 05/15/12 - A three-judge panel has sentenced an Ohio man to death after he pleaded guilty to killing a woman he lived with and her two children on Thanksgiving Day in 2010.
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Ohio Teen, Parents Face Charges In Fatal Crash
Last Updated: 4:15 PM 05/15/12 - A teen driver and his parents are facing charges involving a crash that killed a motorcyclist in southwest Ohio.
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W.Va. Environmental Inspectors File Mass Grievance
Last Updated: 4:13 PM 05/15/12 - The push to hire new inspectors for West Virginia's Marcellus shale natural gas reserve is prompting an outcry among veteran regulators.
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Ohio Mom: Negligence In Inmate's Lightning Death
Last Updated: 4:11 PM 05/15/12 - The mother of an inmate who was struck by lightning while jogging in a recreation yard is accusing the Ohio prisons department of negligence that contributed to his death. The state is denying the claim.
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EPA To Appeal Ruling On W.Va.'s Spruce No. 1 Mine
Last Updated: 4:08 PM 05/15/12 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to appeal a court ruling that overturned its veto of a key permit for one of West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal mines.
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Domestic Violence Up In Wood County
Last Updated: 12:02 PM 05/16/12 - Wood County released this quarter's crime statistics, and as we found out most crime is going down in valley expect for one area.
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Firefighters Remember Fallen Brothers
Last Updated: 11:06 PM 05/14/12 - Honoring their fallen brothers. Area firefighters gather to commemorate those who lost their lives this past year. Firefighters line the walk at Centennial Park paying homage to those who risk it all to serve their communities.
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Peoples Bank Building New Office
Last Updated: 1:37 PM 05/15/12 - Peoples Bank is building a new financial services office on Grand Central Avenue.
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UPDATE: Golf Scramble Making Money For A Good Cause
Last Updated: 9:01 AM 05/15/12 - UPDATE: Results & Grand Totals: The largest turn out yet for the SW Resources and the Glenn Wilson Broadcasting Scholarship fund golf scramble.
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Not Just A Number
Last Updated: 11:59 AM 05/15/12 - Peace Officers Memorial Day, a day of remembrance for fallen police officers, was observed Monday in Parkersburg.
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One-Vote Margin
Last Updated: 6:24 PM 05/14/12 - After provisional ballots were counted, James Richards had a one-vote margin over Jeremy Crites in the race for the Democratic nomination for Parkersburg City Council district 2.
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Judge Sets Sentencing In Ohio Cross-Burning Case
Last Updated: 4:51 PM 05/14/12 - A judge has set a sentencing date for a man who pleaded guilty to a civil rights charge in the case of a wooden cross bearing a racial slur that was burned in the yard of a black Ohio family.
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Ohio Driver Who Killed Trooper To Return To Prison
Last Updated: 4:50 PM 05/14/12 - A central Ohio man who killed a state trooper in a 2001 drunken driving crash is being sent back to prison for getting behind the wheel again.
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W.Va. Officials To Discuss Medicaid Changes
Last Updated: 4:48 PM 05/14/12 - West Virginia lawmakers hope to hear from state officials about future plans for the increasingly expensive Medicaid health care program.
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