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Lawsuit: Wrong leg amputated at Selby

MARIETTA – A Meigs County woman and her husband have filed a medical negligence lawsuit saying a surgical team at Selby General Hospital amputated the wrong leg during a procedure last year. Sharon S. Jacks and Dannie W. Jacks filed the complaint Sept. 15 in Washington County Common Pleas Court. Sharon Jacks was scheduled to have her right leg amputated Sept. 19, 2025, according to a news release from the couple’s attorneys. After the alleged error resulted in the amputation of her left leg, she underwent another operation at a different facility to amputate her right leg, leaving ...

Justices hear arguments in case challenging education rule-making law

CHARLESTON – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals asked pointed questions of both sides in a case that will determine whether the Legislature can reject rules developed by state education officials. Attorneys representing the state Board of Education and Department of ...

West Virginia Supreme Court hears arguments in clash over legislative vacancy

CHARLESTON – Even though a new election in November will determine which party holds the 91st District House of Delegates seat in Berkeley County, the West Virginia Democratic Party and Republican elected officials continue to fight over which party should hold it now. The West Virginia ...

Records – Wood Magistrate, May 29

PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports May 29: * Joseph Dominic Schott, 15720 Waterford Road, Waterford, pleaded guilty to speeding (74/65) and was assessed $181.48. * Barbara Jean Edgar, 200 Emerald St., Belmont, pleaded guilty to speeding (70/55) and was assessed $181.48. * Dennis E Shahan II, 1609 Spring St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to receiving or transferring stolen goods and was assessed $211.48. He was sentenced to jail for one year, suspended for one year of unsupervised probation and reporting to the Day Report Center. * ...

Wood County Grand Jury indicts 96 people

PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday the indictments of 96 individuals by the grand jury. Information on three suspects – Claudia Torres, 20, charged with murder and wanton endangerment involving a firearm; Brian Ray Donze, 52, 10 counts of first-degree sexual assault, 18 counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust, eight counts of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of distribution and exhibition of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and Thomas Edward Carpenter, 54, five ...

Lawsuit seeks injunction to re-open Harman School

HARMAN – A community nonprofit group has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Randolph County Board of Education illegally sold and closed the former Harman K-12 School, and seeks an injunction to re-open the school. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday afternoon in Randolph County Circuit Court by Hometown Hope, which documents describe as a “domestic non-profit corporation.” The suit states the group “is comprised of taxpayers and parents of students of Randolph County Public Schools,” and lists a Harman address for the group. The Randolph County Board of Education and current ...