PARKERSBURG — A vehicle left the roadway and struck a parked dump truck in the 1000 block of Camden Avenue following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday, according to Parkersburg police. Officer Andrew Schaad said the driver of a Toyota Corolla reported swerving to avoid a parked vehicle near ...
PARKERSBURG – A Wood County Circuit Court judge is reviewing a motion for a new trial in a case where a woman was originally found guilty of second-degree murder, but a juror was believed to have personal connections to people involved in the case after the verdict was rendered. Judge Robert Waters is reviewing the motion as well as the state’s response in the case of Barbara Cupp. A representative of his office said Tuesday the judge has not made a ruling yet and the matter had not been set for a hearing. Cupp, 33, was originally found guilty on March 27 of the March 2025 ...
CHARLESTON - A federal judge told the U.S. Department of Justice that it had no right to West Virginia's unredacted voter registration files. In a memorandum opinion and order released Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston denied a motion made by the Department of Justice ...
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern districts of West Virginia announced Monday that West Virginia United Health System, doing business as West Virginia University Health System, has agreed to pay $4,177,139 and enter a memorandum of agreement to resolve civil allegations that it violated provisions of the Controlled Substances Act across various registered facilities over a seven-year span. According to a Drug Enforcement Agency investigation, WVUHS committed numerous record-keeping and reporting violations from 2017-2024. WVUHS facilities failed ...
PARKERSBURG - A physician wanted in Monongalia County after a digital recording device found in a hospital restroom was linked to him was arrested Friday in Wood County, authorities said. Lance Parks, a physician who previously worked at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, is charged with eight misdemeanors of criminal invasion of privacy and the felony of distribution and exhibition of computer-generated child pornography, according to a joint statement from the Morgantown Police Department and the Monongalia Prosecuting Attorney Gabrielle Mucciola. Parks was arrested Friday in Wood County, ...
UPDATE: On Friday evening, the West Virginia Department of Health announced it had issued a cease-and-desist order on cleanup efforts at the site of the Peoples Cartage warehouse fire on Camden Avenue just outside of Parkersburg due to the potential presence of asbestos. According to a ...
