WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — A suspect in the fatal shooting of a West Virginia state police officer was arraigned Saturday on a first-degree murder charge. Timothy Kennedy, 29, was arraigned by video in Mingo County Magistrate Court. Kennedy of the Mingo County community of Beech Creek, ...
VIENNA — Multiple Vienna police chiefs spoke Friday at a ceremony in Spencer Park, but there was no confusion about who they were there to honor. “Everybody knows when you mention ‘the chief,’ it was Gary Deem,” said Steve Stephens, a former Wood County sheriff and Deem’s ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 30: * Abby Darlene Mahoney, 112 Woodshire Drive, Parkersburg, pleaded no contest to speeding and fined $180.25. * Bruce Wayne Bennett, 3014 23rd St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to shoplifting (less than ...
BEECH CREEK, W.Va. (AP) — A state police officer was fatally shot Friday in southern West Virginia, and a suspect later was arrested, authorities said. Sgt. Cory Maynard was killed in the shooting, Gov. Jim Justice said in a statement, adding that he was “absolutely heartbroken.” He and ...
PARKERSBURG — While on summer break from his work as the school resource officer at Hamilton Middle School, Parkersburg Police Department Patrolman 1st Class Jeremy Pinkerton will once again be found in the city’s parks. “We assigned an officer to patrol primarily in Southwood and City ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Within hours of his historic arraignment this spring, Donald Trump fixed his ire on the judge, complaining that he’s “a Trump hating-judge” with a family full of “Trump haters.” On Friday, the former president’s lawyers doubled down on that criticism, demanding ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 25: * Joseph Michael Grendel, 413 Eighth St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of trespassing and released on $500 bond. * Kaitlyn Brianna Hess, 508 Maple St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission signed off Thursday on applying for funding to help pay for the victims’ advocates in the Wood County Prosecutor’s Office. County Grant Coordinator Toni Tiano, Prosecutor Pat Lefebure and Victim Advocate Jez Williams appeared before the commission ...
CHARLESTON — John Hutchison, a justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals since his appointment in 2018 and a special election in 2020, will not seek re-election to a full 12-year term in 2024. In a letter to Chief Justice Beth Walker Thursday, Hutchison said he will retire when ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 26-29: * Jason Ek, 813 23rd St., Vienna, was arraigned on a charge of petit larceny and released on $1,000 bond. * Tom William Welch, 706 26th St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of shoplifting, ...
PARKERSBURG — The following civil suits were filed in the office of the Wood County Circuit Clerk March 18-31: * Renee E. Parker v. Frederick A. Perry Jr. * Donna Moss v. Brandon Jackson * Reese Edwards and Jorun Edwards v. Code Compliant Resources LLC and Ronnie Crawford * Matthew Warner ...
PARKERSBURG — The following divorce petitions were filed in the office of the Wood County Circuit Clerk between March 17-31: * Teresa Ann Fowler and Joey Lee Fowler * Donzel Clair Smith III and Vaneta Sue Smith * Jassmyn Rene Hall and Jarrod Joseph Hall * Katelyn Marie Sullivan and Ryan ...
CHARLESTON — Companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and managed by his son are being taken to court by the U.S. Department of Justice over unpaid civil penalties and overdue mine reclamation fees. According to a press release Wednesday morning, the Justice Department is filing a ...
RAVENSWOOD — A man charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a woman Tuesday in Ravenswood reportedly told police he’d been wanting to kill people “for a long time.” According to a criminal complaint filed in Jackson County Magistrate Court, Dylan T. Miller, 21, made the ...
NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia teenager was sentenced to consecutive 40-year prison terms in the fatal shootings of his mother and sister after a judge rejected the defendant’s pleas for a lesser sentence. Connor Crowe pleaded guilty last November to second-degree murder ...
BOSTON (AP) — When child welfare workers and police knocked on Sarah Perkins’ and Joshua Sabey’s front door well past midnight one weekend last summer, the parents were shocked to learn the state of Massachusetts had come to take their two young sons. It’s the kind of harrowing scene ...
The village of Manlius in upstate New York is mourning the loss of Faye, a swan who was stolen from the town’s pond over the weekend along with her four cygnets. The cygnets, or baby swans, were recovered, but officials say the mama swan was eaten. “The mother swan was consumed,” Manlius ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — The Williamstown Police Department released the following reports on May 30: May 19 * Officers served a domestic violence protection order on West Fourth Street. * Youngha Chin, 41, Vienna, was cited for speed, 31/15 school zone on Henderson Avenue. May 20 * A 17-year-old ...
RAVENSWOOD — A suspect has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after a stabbing Tuesday, the Ravenswood Police Department said. Dylan T. Miller, 21, is being held on a $250,000 bond at the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston. Dispatchers were called at approximately 10:24 ...
A federal appeals court cleared the way for the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of legal claims tied to the opioid epidemic while shielding the wealthy owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, from future lawsuits. Under the plan approved Tuesday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of ...