Opinion

Point Pleasant Iraq Veteran calls for Purple Hearts for attacked guardsmen

A three-time Purple Heart recipient from Point Pleasant is calling for the military to award Spc Sarah Beckstrom and SSgt Andrew Wolfe Purple Hearts, and says many other veterans are of the same ...
Yahoo

Mothman movie filmed in Point Pleasant taps 'found footage' genre

FAIRMONT — In 1987, three friends vanished on a road trip to West Virginia. Thirty four years later, footage of their final moments leaks onto YouTube, forcing viewers to question the existence of ...
Houston Public Media

Devotees of the mysterious Mothman descend on its West Virginia hometown

(Left) Mothman masks and other cryptid-related items are on sale at vendors' kiosks along Main Street at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, W.Va. (Right) Selah Miller, of Charleston, W.Va., ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Annual Mothman Festival celebrates the paranormal in Point Pleasant this weekend

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The annual Mothman Festival will once again happen in nearby Point Pleasant, West Virginia, this weekend, filling the streets of that Ohio River town with activities of ...
The Register-Herald

Lantern convoy held to commemorate the Battle of Point Pleasant before 250th anniversary

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Colonial troops waved their lanterns in the chilly, dark October air 250 years ago, trecking their way across West Virginia to fight a long, drawn out and eventually famous ...