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Investigation beginning into shooting involving Parkersburg police, Wood County deputies

PARKERSBURG – A unit from the West Virginia State Police will begin the probe into a fatal shooting Saturday night in Parkersburg involving police officers and deputies from the Wood County Sheriff's Office, an official said. A crime scene team was headed to Parkersburg on Sunday to begin its investigation into the shooting at 3408 25th St., State Police dispatcher A.J. Taylor in Charleston said Sunday. Few new details were available Sunday, after one person was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police and deputies and another body was found at the scene. The second individual ...

Washington County law enforcement honors officers

MARIETTA - Area law enforcement marked the close of National Police Week Friday by laying wreaths on the Peace Officers Memorial outside the Washington County Sheriff's Office at Third and Putnam streets. The sheriff's office website listed local law enforcement officers killed in the line of ...

Officer-involved shooting in Parkersburg leads to discovery of second body

PARKERSBURG - One person was killed in an officer-involved shooting during an exchange of gunfire with Parkersburg Police and Wood County Sheriff's deputies Saturday night, and another body was found at the scene. The second individual is believed to have been dead prior to officers' initial ...

Indictment issued in December shooting

PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man was indicted for murder and related charges on Friday by the Wood County Grand Jury. Butch Wayne Knight, 19, currently in the North Central Regional Jail, was accused of the Dec. 8 shooting of Bradi Florence in an incident on Belmont Road in South ...

Fatal wreck still under investigation

PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Sheriff’s Department is continuing its investigation into a fatal two-vehicle collision that occurred Wednesday at the intersection of Robert C. Byrd Highway and Progress Ridge Road, according to a post to the Wood County Sheriff’s Department’s Facebook ...

1 killed in crash on U.S. 50 in Deerwalk area

DEERWALK – One person was killed Wednesday and two others injured in an accident involving a trailer carrying lumber and a pickup truck. The crash happened around 12:15 p.m. on U.S. 50 near Progress Ridge Road. The Wood County Sheriff’s Office had not issued a release or report on the ...