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In today's newsletter:

  • Parkersburg community gathers to remember 18-year-old Bradi Florence
  • Why a 100-year-old retraced her walk to Parkersburg Shovel Plant
  • Want your Parkersburg holiday photo featured by the News and Sentinel?

Also on today's calendar: Solstice Mini Retreat and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did the balloon say to the doctor? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Sunday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 40 and low of 20 degrees.
  • Monday: Increasing cloudiness, temps: high: 43, low: 36.
  • Tuesday: Cloudy with areas of drizzle, with a high of 50 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Family and friends honor Bradi Florence with candlelight ceremony (wtap.com) — Parkersburg residents gathered at Southwood Park for a candlelight ceremony honoring 18-year-old Bradi James Florence, who died after a shooting there earlier this month. Family and friends shared memories, thanked the community for its support, and urged local youth to treat the tragedy as a lesson about valuing life and looking out for one another.
   

2. 100 year old Belpre local celebrates birthday by retracing her steps across the Belpre Bridge (wtap.com) — A Belpre centenarian is celebrating her 100th birthday by retracing the walk she once made to her job at the Parkersburg Shovel Plant during World War II, crossing the Belpre Bridge once again. Surrounded by family, friends, and her longtime doctor, she credits staying active and doing what she loves for her longevity, and is simply savoring the moment.
   

3. Picture This: Spirit of the Season – 500 Block Market Street, Parkersburg (newsandsentinel.com) — A festive snowman decoration on a light pole outside St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church brightens Market Street in downtown Parkersburg. Residents are invited to share their own Mid-Ohio Valley seasonal photos with the News and Sentinel for possible publication and can browse more Parkersburg images on the paper’s Instagram page.
   

4. Picture This: Realty Checks (newsandsentinel.com) — Parkersburg-area Realtors turned their annual Christmas auction into a major boost for two local nonprofits, donating $10,110.42 each to Old Man Rivers Mission and the Family Crisis Intervention Center. The check presentation brought together association leaders, committee co-chairs, and Old Man Rivers’ director to celebrate the community’s generosity.
   

5. BOWDEN-ERA WVU CHAMPS REUNITE: A return to ‘Almost Heaven' 50 years later (wvpress.org) — A former WVU lineman now living in the Parkersburg area is among many Bowden-era Mountaineers celebrated in a 50-year reunion of the 1975 Peach Bowl champions. The story traces how a Parkersburg resident helped launch the reunion effort, details where key players and coaches ended up, and explains how a long-shelved book on Bobby Bowden’s WVU years finally reached readers in time for Homecoming.
   

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