Updated 3-09-10
PARKERSBURG -- Parkersburg police are still trying to connect the dots after Sunday Morning’s Polo Club fire.
Sources say a gas can was found outside the building, and no one the police have questioned has claimed knowledge of how it got there. Experts say a short circuit is not likely the cause, because there was only one circuit in the room that caught fire.
Nearly $30,000 in damage was done. The smoking patio was destroyed.
A dinner to raise funds has been scheduled.
MARIETTA -- A 96-year-old building that has not been occupied in over ten years is slated for use.
The former National Guard armory is being fixed up so Washington-Morgan Community Action can move in. Reaching a deal with the non-profit group makes the city eligible to receive millions of dollars in historic tax credits.
Right now, the city has around two million dollars in repair funds. The project is estimated to cost $2.4 million.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin has extended a month-old State of Emergency for three counties.
Because of the recent batch of winter storms, Preston, Randolph, and Tucker Counties have the tag until March 24. Governor Manchin says clean-up crews are still hard at work in those areas.
The State of Emergency was first declared February 5.
WASHINGTON COUNTY -- Police say a Monday Morning Washington County accident was caused by a Cutler woman who fell asleep at the wheel.
56-year-old Cheryl Ann Myers hit a guardrail and damaged part of her van.
She was taken to Marietta Memorial with minor injuries, but has since been released.
COLUMBUS -- Ohio State University police are looking into an early morning campus shooting that left one person dead, and another in critical condition.
It occurred around 3:30 near Ohio Stadium.
The university says no students were involved in the shooting, either as victims or as suspects. Classes were held today as scheduled.
At this time, no names have been released.
MARIETTA -- Eramet Marietta officials have been searching for answers as to what caused an unnamed incident at the plant Sunday.
They say the incident caused damage to a furnace. No one was hurt.
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