Wirt County News

''He got me with a kick before I got him with a punch.'' That was perhaps as succinctly as Wirt County's Mike Sheppard could put it when describing getting KO'ed in the first round by Switzerland's Xhavit Bajmari in his home country Saturday night in an ISKA Muay Thai rules super-heavyweight world championship kick-boxing fight in Luzern.

My optimism in our state's ability to grow has not weaned one bit because we continue to attract investments that will help our citizens improve their quality of life.

Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 ; 04:50 PM Post Comment Updated Thursday, June 25, 2009 ; 07:39 PM Mustang Survival makes flotation and other life-support devices.

Five sites in Wood and Wirt counties are among the 150 planned in West Virginia in the Civil War Trails program.

About 450 knights and ladies of the West Virginia Golden Horseshoe Society visited the Capitol on Friday to reminisce about that long-ago test.

West Virginia pageant contestants learned the do's and don'ts from the experts during a workshop at Parkersburg Country Club.

Although a lot of area youth dabble and often excel in the sport of dirt bike racing, a pair of brothers from Wirt County have found both success and companionship doing something most people wouldn't dream of.

Charlie Lawrentz spent almost 30 years as a police officer in Parkersburg. He responded to thousands of incidents and made more arrests than he cares to remember.

Arnoldsburg Elementary School, $2,500 challenge grant to modernize playground equipment.

Clad in her pioneer-era dress, June McNickle, 77, of the Gihon Community Educational Outreach Service Club will travel to the West Virginia Folk Festival in June as Wood County's new Belle.

Some Kanawha County school bus routes are being affected by continuing high water problems.

Although the rain has subsided for now, there is still a possibility of roads flooding as the excess water moves downstream.

Boone County is the only one of West Virginia's 55 counties where the average weekly wage exceeds the national average.

A breakdown of money already allocated follows: Wood County: $350,000 for Buck Road Bridge, $314,000 for Wolf Run Road Bridge, $360,000 for Wood County 25 overpass, $329,000 for the I-77-U.S. 50 interchange, $272,000 for West Virginia 31 overpass, $287,000 for Williamstown interchange, $22,000 for emergency food and shelter, $170,000 for ...

A National Alliance on Mental Illness study released this year said West Virginia had one of the worst mental health systems in the nation.

More than 100 people attended a job fair for Mustang Survival at Workforce West Virginia in Lakeview Plaza Wednesday.

Mustang Survival Corporation wants to build a satellite plant in either Parkersburg or Spencer.

More jobs may soon be coming to Wirt County. Mustang Survival Corporation in Elizabeth currently has 100 employees.

Three people were sent to hospitals following a wreck on West Virginia 5 near the Wirt-Calhoun line where a truck and car collided just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Twenty-nine health centers, including four from the region, will receive federal economic stimulus funds to expand and improve service.