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Judge won’t rule this week on releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Wednesday tried to poke holes in the human smuggling case the government is pursuing against him in Tennessee, while a federal judge said he won't rule this week on freeing Abrego Garcia from jail, a decision that could ...

West Virginia’s medication abortion ban survives challenge in federal court

CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey praised a decision made Tuesday by a federal appeals court in a case brought when he was attorney general challenging West Virginia’s near-total ban on abortion and limits on medication used for abortion. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals ...

Wood County Grand Jury indicts 15

PARKERSBURG – A special session of the Wood County Grand Jury resulted in the indictments of 15 people on Monday. Those indicted included: * Jeremy Randall Adkins, 50, in custody at the North Central Regional Jail, was indicted on two counts each of malicious assault and domestic battery ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 20: * Barry Ray Robinson, 14 Meadowbrook Acres, Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of having an open dump, failure to provide proof of properly disposing of solid waste and shoplifting (two counts) and ...

Collins receives life in prison for murder of Morgan Lee Stutler-Lott

PARKERSBURG — A Vienna man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murder of his girlfriend in July 2024. In a packed courtroom, Hearl Thomas Collins, 32, appeared before Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton for sentencing after entering a plea agreement where he pleaded guilty ...