PARKERSBURG — Barbara Cupp was either a woman scorned who fatally shot Matthew Bills for cheating on her or a woman in a life-and-death struggle that ended with Bills’ death, attorneys argued at the start of her murder trial Tuesday. A six-man, eight-woman jury was seated in the courtroom ...

PARKERSBURG — A Belmont woman is preparing to go to trial this week for the killing of a Williamstown man in March 2025. Jury selection took place Monday in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge Robert Waters. Barbara Cupp, 33, was charged last fall with murder and being a person ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court 's conservative majority on Monday sounded skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. A ruling, likely to come by late June, that bars counting ballots arriving after ...

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 3: * Payton A. Wilson,1503 Michaelis Road, Marietta, was arraigned on charges of an insufficient flotation devices violation and having an unregistered/expired boat registration and released on a $500 ...

MARIETTA — A Little Hocking man has been indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury on charges related to the death of a 19-month-old child. Dalton Corey Drummond, 33, 103 Pine Drive, Little Hocking, was charged with endangering children, aggravated possession of drugs and reckless ...

RIPLEY — A man authorities say shot his father in the face with a crossbow was arraigned late Thursday afternoon in Jackson County Magistrate Court. Chase Fleming, 35, 79 Aspen Ridge, Apt. 1, Gay, was arraigned Thursday on a charge of malicious assault before Magistrate Timra Milhoan. He is ...