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Picture This: Accident on Interstate 77

PARKERSBURG — A tow truck driver gets ready to move a semi truck that was involved in an accident on I-77 near the Camden Avenue exit shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday. According to Wood County 911, the accident involved only the semi and resulted in one person being taken to Camden Clark Medical ...

Vienna Police arrest man who absconded from custody

VIENNA — A Raleigh County man accused of absconding from custody while attending a church service in Parkersburg was apprehended Friday afternoon in Vienna. Gregory Dale Stewart, 61, was an inmate at the Parkersburg Correctional Center, serving a sentence of 10-20 years on two counts of ...

July Fourth violence nationwide kills at least 33

Shootings and other violence during the extended Fourth of July weekend have left at least 33 people dead, including 11 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said. The Fourth of July historically is one of the nation's deadliest days of the year. A flurry of shootings ...

Officials: Stewart to face escape charges when caught

PARKERSBURG — A Raleigh County man wanted for absconding from the Parkersburg Correctional Center will face felony escape charges upon apprehension, officials said Tuesday. Gregory Dale Stewart, 61, was last seen on Sunday at the Cross Church, 1122 Market St., Parkersburg, the Division of ...

Marietta teen missing for almost two weeks found in Parkersburg

MARIETTA — A 15-year-old Marietta boy who ran away in mid-June has been found. “We are happy to report that Riley has been found safe,” the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a media release on June 28 referring to Riley Brandjes. According to Chief Deputy Mark Warden, ...

No injuries in Athens County plane crash

ATHENS — Authorities in Athens County are investigating an accident near the Ohio University Airport near Albany of a single-engine aircraft on Ohio 32 across from the airport. The plane was landing and caught a crosswind and went through a fence into a ditch, a report on the Federal ...