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Belpre Police

BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports: April 8 * Everett Swiger, 43, of Parkersburg, was arrested and transported to Washington County Jail on fail to appear warrants for the charges of driving under OVI suspension and expired registration. April 9 * Kelly ...

Parkersburg shooting results in four arrests, drugs seized

PARKERSBURG — Investigation of a shooting Saturday resulted in the arrests of four people, including the victim. Parkersburg Police officers were dispatched shortly after 8 a.m. to an apartment in the 1600 block of Tygart Street for a report of a shooting with injuries, a release from the ...

Washington County OVI checkpoint leads to one arrest

MARIETTA — One person was arrested Friday night during an OVI checkpoint on Ohio 7 near Washington County 9 by the Ohio State Highway Patrol Marietta Post with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Marietta Police Department, the patrol reported. The checkpoint, funded by a ...

Two Mid-Ohio Valley residents die after separate Wood County accidents

PARKERSBURG — A Washington County man died Thursday after a wrong-way collision outside Parkersburg. Ishmael Smith, 84, of Little Hocking, was found dead at the scene of the crash around 2:47 p.m. Thursday at mile marker 6 in the eastbound lanes of Robert C. Byrd Highway, according to a ...

Two arrested following foot, vehicle pursuits

PARKERSBURG — A man who fled from police Thursday evening was apprehended early Friday morning. Brandon Cody Burton, 24, of Parkersburg, was charged with fleeing from an officer on foot and fleeing from an officer in a vehicle after being taken into custody, according to a release from the ...