PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports on May 16: * Dale Roger Thorn, 893 Dry Run Road, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to driving while revoked or suspended (3rd offense) and was assessed $326.48 with a sentence of 30 days in jail with a credit of ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports on May 14: * Nathaniel David Randolph, 3516 Burke St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty in multiple cases to public intoxication, trespassing, possession of a controlled substance, refusal to submit to ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports on May 15: * Tashia Linetta Drummond, 7 Whispering Oaks Lane, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to one count of shoplifting - removal of merchandise and one count of trespassing in a structure or conveyance. She was ...
CHARLESTON - A majority of the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court said a West Virginia law prohibiting transgender girls and women from participating in sports designated for biological girls and women did not violate the rights of a Harrison County transgender girl. In a 6-3 decision ...
PARKERSBURG – The following reports were released by Wood County Magistrate Court in early May: * A charge of illegal possession of wildlife, fox, was dismissed against Rachel Joy Way, 646 Mill Run Road, Parkersburg, following the successful completion of a deferred sentence agreement. Two ...
PARKERSBURG – The defense attorney for Barbara Cupp is seeking a new trial as he believes a juror who helped deliver the guilty verdict in the murder case knew people close to his client and did not disclose those connections when he was being questioned back in March before the trial began. ...
PARKERSBURG – An accident report filed by the Parkersburg Police Department says Mayor Tom Joyce opened the door of a city-owned vehicle into traffic, and it was struck by a passing motorist on June 16. The report’s narrative said Joyce was at fault for opening his car door into traffic. ...
PARKERSBURG - Wood County Magistrate Court released the following cases in mid-May: * A citation of battery was dismissed without prejudice against David McCue, 821 Hugh St., Parkersburg * A speeding citation was dismissed against Michael Burton Keiser, 286 Grassy Run Road, Mineral Wells. He ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic "forever chemicals" used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports on May 8: * Brandy Dawn Sartor, 3668 Buck Run Road, Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of obstructing an officer and trespassing. Her bond was set at $1,100. * Sarah Kimberly Middleton, 509 Buckeye St., ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports May 11: * Alberto Andres Alfaro, 21911 Lane Road, Edinburg Texas, pleaded guilty to speeding, 70 mph in a 65 mph zone, and was assessed $181.48. * Moses John McDonnell, 324 Buckhead Lane, Douglassville, ...
McCONNELSVILLE - The Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating two fatalities in traffic accidents on Saturday in Morgan County, one involving a resident from Malta. Richard M. Brooks, 48, Malta, was killed on Saturday when the 2006 Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports May 6: * Tonya Venise Moore, 981 Collins Road, Little Hocking Ohio, pleaded guilty to speeding in a school zone and was assessed $276.48. * Joshua Lane Hurley, 817 West Virginia Ave., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a ...
Wood Magistrate Court May 7 PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports on May 7: * Kevin Phillip Ramey, 4102 9th Ave. Apt. 3, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of burglary and held on a $50,000 surety bond. In another case, he was arraigned on a ...
CHARLESTON – Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and his family continue to argue that a Texas-based hotel chain and Virginia bank colluded to transfer the family’s loan debt on the historic Greenbrier Resort in order to take it away. Attorneys for the Justice family filed a consolidated ...
WHEELING – A New Martinsville man has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for soliciting child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey of the Northern District of West Virginia said in a news release Tuesday. The investigation began after a social media platform ...
CHARLESTON - A federal class action lawsuit filed during the administration of former governor Jim Justice challenging the condition of West Virginia's foster care system is alive again following a ruling Thursday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2025 ...
PARKERSBURG - Preston Pierce, who has been charged in Wood County in connection with the murder of Gretchen Fleming, was extradited back to Parkersburg to face charges returned by a Wood County Grand Jury in May. Pierce has been held in custody in Buncombe County, N.C., since his arrest on ...
CHARLESTON – A federal case to appoint a receivership for the historic Greenbrier Resort might be delayed for the moment, but attorneys for the Greenbrier’s loan holder are pushing back on a related state lawsuit brought by the family of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice. Attorneys for Texas-based TRT ...
MARTINSBURG — Federal, state and local law enforcement officials gathered Tuesday in Martinsburg to announce major drug trafficking indictments stemming from a multi-agency investigation known as Operation Turf War, while also marking the launch of a new nationwide anti-drug initiative led ...