WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice. An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy ...
Vermont’s effort to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change was tested Monday in a federal courtroom, where the state argued that two lawsuits challenging its groundbreaking 2024 law should be thrown out. Vermont became the first state to enact a climate superfund ...
PARKERSBURG — Two individuals were taken by ambulance to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash at Ohio and Emerson avenues around 6 p.m. Sunday, according to a dispatcher with the Wood County 911 Center. The call for the accident was made at 6:14 p.m. with the Parkersburg Police, a Wood ...
CHARLESTON – Months after West Virginia’s highest court stayed a ruling by a Raleigh County circuit judge allowing for religious exemptions to the state’s compulsory vaccination law for school-age children, parties in the case are making their case for the lower court ruling to be ...
PARKERSBURG — A jury on Friday found a Belmont woman guilty of second-degree murder in the March 2025 shooting death of a Williamstown man with whom she had been in a relationship. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated about four hours Friday afternoon before returning the ...
PARKERSBURG – A jury today found a Belmont woman guilty of second-degree murder in the March 2025 shooting death of a 37-year-old Williamstown man with whom she had been in a relationship. The jury deliberated about four hours this afternoon before returning the verdict. The defendant, ...
PARKERSBURG — A potential referendum has prevented Waste Management from signing a nearly $15 million sanitation service contract, Parkersburg’s city attorney said during a hearing over the ongoing petition effort Thursday. The process will last a little longer after Wood County Circuit ...
PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man was taken into custody today after reportedly barricading himself in a closet. At approximately 10:40 a.m., officers with the Parkersburg Police Department responded to a residence in the 700 block of 30th Street in an effort to serve two felony arrest ...
PARKERSBURG — Barbara Cupp was either a woman scorned who fatally shot Matthew Bills for cheating on her or a woman in a life-and-death struggle that ended with Bills’ death, attorneys argued at the start of her murder trial Tuesday. A six-man, eight-woman jury was seated in the courtroom ...
PARKERSBURG — A Belmont woman is preparing to go to trial this week for the killing of a Williamstown man in March 2025. Jury selection took place Monday in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge Robert Waters. Barbara Cupp, 33, was charged last fall with murder and being a person ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court 's conservative majority on Monday sounded skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. A ruling, likely to come by late June, that bars counting ballots arriving after ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 3: * Payton A. Wilson,1503 Michaelis Road, Marietta, was arraigned on charges of an insufficient flotation devices violation and having an unregistered/expired boat registration and released on a $500 ...
BELPRE - The Belpre Police Department released the following reports on March 16: March 5 * David L. Abbott, 86, of Washington, W.Va., was cited for assured clear distance ahead and expired registration. March 9 * Bradley M. Gill, 26, of Waterford was cited for driving under suspension and ...
MARIETTA — A Little Hocking man has been indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury on charges related to the death of a 19-month-old child. Dalton Corey Drummond, 33, 103 Pine Drive, Little Hocking, was charged with endangering children, aggravated possession of drugs and reckless ...
RIPLEY — A man authorities say shot his father in the face with a crossbow was arraigned late Thursday afternoon in Jackson County Magistrate Court. Chase Fleming, 35, 79 Aspen Ridge, Apt. 1, Gay, was arraigned Thursday on a charge of malicious assault before Magistrate Timra Milhoan. He is ...
PARKERSBURG — The following divorce petitions were filed in January with the Wood County Circuit Clerk’s Office: * Tresa Marie Cremeans and Michael Joe Cremeans * Shannon Lynn Kimes and Christopher Douglas Kimes * Blenda Glada Lalone and Corey Stephen Racine * Tori Renee Depue and ...
VIENNA – A man arrested Tuesday after a standoff in Vienna has been charged with threats of terrorist acts and retaliation against public officials. Joseph David Cody, 37, of Vienna, is being held at the North Central Regional Jail on a $500,000 bond, according to the West Virginia Division ...
RIPLEY – A man authorities say shot his father in the face with a crossbow was arrested Wednesday. Chase Fleming, no age or addressed listed, was in custody by early Wednesday morning following “a very lengthy foot pursuit and tracking event through parts of snow-covered Jackson and Roane ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between Nov. 4-8, 2024: * Stephen and Marjorie Heiss to Bradley Resources LLC, Lots 41, 42 and 43 Beechwood Addition, Parkersburg City District, $3,000. * Terry Deem, Ruth Deem (indirect), Ray Deem (indirect) and ...
VIENNA — A man was taken into custody Tuesday following a reported disturbance on Ninth Street that prompted a police response and temporary evacuation of nearby residents, according to authorities. Joseph Cody, no age listed, was taken to WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center for ...