3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (165+ words) MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) - Two area students are heading back to the nation’s capital for the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Aadhya Adhikari from Marietta and Joseph Keefer from Athens have qualified to compete against 245 other students. Nirav Nimbarte of Charleston was…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1004+ words) OHIO (WTAP) - Candidates competing for their party’s U.S. Senate nominations in Ohio outlined their priorities ahead of the state’s May 5 primary. On the Democratic ticket, Ron Kincaid and Sherrod Brown are vying for the party’s Senate nomination. Kincaid has spent…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (230+ words) WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ohio (WTAP) - Water authorities throughout Southeast Ohio are receiving millions of dollars to upgrade their treatment technology. The $65 million in funding comes from the 2023 settlement of a 2018 lawsuit the State of Ohio filed against DuPont, alleging the company…...

10+ mon, 3+ day ago   (385+ words) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Ohio high school football enters its third week of the playoffs and West Virginia is set to kick-off the first round of it’s playoffs. Several area teams on both sides of the river are still alive for…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (146+ words) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - Seasonal burn bans are in effect in Ohio and West Virginia. Ohio Revised Code 1503.18 prohibits most open burning in unincorporated areas between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. in March, April, May, October and November. According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency,…...