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Wood County Sheriff: Woman who brandished pellet gun arrested after standoff

PARKERSBURG — A woman was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment Wednesday following a nearly six-hour standoff after she brandished what turned out to be a pellet gun. Jody Shields, 54, was removed from her house at 106 Forest Drive near Abby Village off West Virginia 47 just ...

Fleming family keeping missing woman in public eye

PARKERSBURG — The family of a Vienna woman missing since the first week of December will hold a press conference at 4:30 p.m. today on the front steps at Parkersburg High School. While there is no new information, the press conference is to make sure people know the efforts remain full ...

DEA’s failure to punish distributor blamed in opioid crisis raises questions

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to keep shipping highly addictive painkillers for nearly four years after a judge recommended it be stripped of its license for its “cavalier disregard” ...

Quebec police identify West Virginia man in 1975 cold case murder of teen

Canadian police said Tuesday they have solved one of the highest-profile cold cases in Quebec history, linking the 1975 rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl to a West Virginia man who died more than 40 years ago. Police in Longueuil, Quebec, said that DNA evidence allows them to be 100% ...

Two-vehicle crash in Hocking County claims man’s life

ATHENS, Ohio — One person was killed and two others injured in an accident Friday afternoon on U.S. 33 near Ohio 664 in Hocking County, the Athens Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Dylan Lang, 23, New Lexington, Ohio, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hocking County ...