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   (483+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTAP) - At Hawk Galleries in Columbus, glass isn’t treated like a craft or a souvenir. It’s treated like fine art. The gallery opened in Columbus in the late 1980s, a few years after owner Tom Hawk’s former in-laws started…...

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…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (218+ words) WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. (WTAP) - An Ohio man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder following an incident Sunday morning at a Williamstown convenience store. Christopher William Browning, 36, of Reedsville was involved in a domestic dispute with a female…...

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, 2+ hour ago   (281+ words) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - It is going to be a quiet week across the Mid-Ohio Valley. Our mornings will not be as chilly as the end of last week. Especially this morning as temperatures start off in... PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - It…...

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,…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (292+ words) The rest of the weekend will be dry and the start of next week as well. However, there are eyes on the tropics and the potential that the Mid-Ohio Valley may see a bit of rain from a developing system......

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (341+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTAP) - Ohio State Parks has been given a national award, naming it the best park system in the nation for providing excellent recreation programs and services. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary…...