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Driver pronounced dead in one-vehicle crash in Pomeroy

POMEROY — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle crash into the Ohio River that was reported at about 8:40 p.m. Monday in Pomeroy. According to the patrol, a vehicle traveling westbound on East Main Street drove off the right side of the roadway, struck a utility pole ...

Man charged in alleged stabbing

PARKERSBURG – A suspect was arrested Sunday by the Wood County Sheriff’s Officer after allegedly stabbing another man. Jackie L. Barker, 63, no known address, was charged with malicious assault, Sheriff Rick Woodyard said. According to a post on the Wood County Sheriff’s Office ...

Ripley woman charged with terrorist threats for post about Trump

RIPLEY - A Ripley woman was arrested Sunday night and is being charged with one count of terrorist threats, a post on the Jackson County Sheriff's Facebook said. The post said following a detailed investigation by deputies and the Jackson County Bureau of Investigations, Morgan L. Morrow, ...

South Carolina man killed in Meigs County collision with tractor trailer

MARIETTA — One man was killed Friday night in an accident in Meigs County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Anthony Delong, 35, of Surfside Beach, S.C., was killed when the 2016 Dodge Durango he was driving collided with a 1994 Peterbilt tractor trailer driven by Kenny Mast, 28, ...

Vienna man arrested on drug charges

VIENNA — A Vienna man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a methamphetamine distribution investigation, the Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force announced. Agents of the task force and the Vienna Police Department executed a search warrant at 1010 38th St., Vienna, around 9 a.m. ...

Woman to face charges after two-vehicle accident on Interstate 77

PARKERSBURG — Charges are pending from an accident on Sunday night on Interstate 77 near the 176-mile marker where three Wood County people were injured, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. A 2018 Kia Forte driven by Madeline Ewing, 73, was going south when it crossed the median ...