radioNOVO News for Parkersburg, WV 05-21-26

Good morning,Wood County primary election results are finalized, leaving a razor-thin margin in a key local race. The county commission certified the votes, revealing that long-time Republican incumbent State Representative Bill Anderson lost his seat by just three votes to challenger Justin Beanard. The official certification opens up a strict forty-eight-hour window for Anderson to request a formal recount.Meanwhile, a Wood County grand jury has indicted a Parkersburg man following a deadly off-road vehicle crash. Authorities have charged Edward McComas the Third with driving while impaired causing death. Investigators state McComas was operating a side-by-side UTV in Mineral Wells last year when it crashed, killing passengers Chloe Barre and Joseph Lowers the Second.And Governor Patrick Morrisey has announced a two-million-dollar capital city celebration for America's two-hundred-fiftieth birthday. The four-day July festival in Charleston will feature a towering two-hundred-thirty-foot Ferris wheel and a 3D historical light show projected onto the state Capitol dome.More news on our radioNOVO app -- Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.