Updated: 7:12 PM The next Washington County election will have new machines, and there could also be some new laws.

Updated: 9:22 PM The City of Parkersburg is now just a little bit brighter.

Updated: 6:44 PM Here's a sampling of e-mails from local AND long-distance viewers of WTAP's live football game on Nov. 25, between Williamstown and St. Marys.

Updated: 2:07 PM Friday's semi-final high school football game between fifth-seed St. Marys and undefeated Williamstown will be held at Williamstown High School.

Updated: 8:21 PM A West Virginia college president crosses the river to push leadership and motivation into student minds.

Updated: 6:00 PM Did you miss the big game? Watch it here on WTAP.com.

Updated: 2:07 PM An attempted child abduction Saturday has one Parkersburg neighborhood on guard and a little girl very shaken up.

Updated: 2:18 PM The City Council chambers will be the location for early voting from Wednesday until the Saturday before the primary election.

Updated: 12:40 AM Wedding bells were ringing Friday evening for WTAP's favorite bride and groom.

Updated: 2:37 PM A man who escaped home confinement turned himself in Thursday afternoon.

Updated: 1:39 PM Enhanced 911 system in Washington County on track to debut at the end of July.

Updated: 8:38 PM The area's newest historical park should be open to the public by October.

Updated: 10:04 PM Two new Supreme Court rulings are re-igniting the age old debate of separating church and state.

Updated: 4:42 PM Two area community colleges are teaming up, making higher education more affordable in the Mid-Ohio Valley.

Updated: 8:44 PM An unexpected visitor has been making rounds in Jackson County.

Updated: 4:53 PM Marietta Rotary Club lays down bricks for a centennial project near the new bike path.

Updated: 4:54 PM Three drug suspects to appear in court this week and next week.

Updated: 11:32 AM Slippage has been an ongoing problem on State Route Seven, but a plan of attack has been unveiled.

Updated: 10:09 AM Wood County woman is finalist for dream makeover of city baseball field, and to win, you need to vote here!!

Updated: 4:46 PM The state of Ohio is taking steps to make you more aware of sex offenders living in your neighborhood.

Updated: 1:47 PM Kraton Polymers and Nova Chemicals to temporarily shut down operations on Friday.

Updated: 6:30 PM Some area High School students are preparing for a possible future in business, and one Parkersburg organization wants to make sure they are ready.

Updated: 4:41 PM High School graduation won't be the same. That's what seniors at Frontier Local High School are saying after losing their guidance counselor and teacher. Barb Broeffman has been fighting leukemia for the past nine months, and this weekend she lost that fight.

Updated: 5:05 PM For more than two decades, he has been the cardinal in charge of Vatican doctrine.

Updated: 5:31 PM WTAP-TV, the Gray Television Group television station serving the Mid-Ohio Valley, is the most-watched NBC affiliate in America, according to numbers released this week by the A.C. Nielsen organization.