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20 indicted by Washington County grand jury

20 people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week, primarily on charges relating to drugs. Those indicted include: * Tyrone M. N’Carrius Woodward, 21, 1701 Augusta Circle, SE, Apartment A, Wilson, N.C.: aggravated possession of drugs, a second-degree felony; aggravated trafficking in drugs, a second-degree felony; tampering with drugs, a third-degree felony, from January. * William Joseph Bills, 48, 601 W. 8th St., Williamstown: aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, from March. He was also charged in a separate indictment with possession of ...

Automatic legislative stay invoked in W.Va. school aid formula lawsuit

CHARLESTON - With legislative interim meetings expected to take up the topic of reforming West Virginia's complicated and dated school aid formula next week and during next year's regular session, lawmakers have invoked an automatic stay of a recent lawsuit with state education officials also ...

W.Va. sues Snapchat over child safety deceptions following student’s death

CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is launching another social media lawsuit, this time against the communications app Snapchat, on the eve of the anniversary of the death of a teenager last year who was sextorted through the app. In a press conference Thursday ...

Casto convicted in 2014 murder of Cindy Ball

PARKERSBURG – A jury on Monday convicted a 57-year-old Wood County man in the 2014 murder of Cindy Ball. Greg Casto, 57, now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole after the 12-man jury recommended against mercy on Monday afternoon. Ball’s body was found on Oct. 24, 2014, ...

Picture This: New assistant Wood County prosecutor sworn in

PARKERSBURG - Wood County Commission President Blair Couch, right, administers the oath of office to new Wood County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Farnsworth during Monday's commission meeting. The meeting's agenda was light, although commissioners did speak with Assessor John Kelly in ...

Casto convicted of Ball murder

A jury today found a Wood County man guilty of a murder that happened in 2014. Greg Casto, 57, was convicted of both counts against him for the murder of Cindy Ball, 36, whose body was found Oct. 24, 2014, near Sugar Camp Road in Wirt County. She was last seen alive two days earlier leaving ...