COLUMBUS — The Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral arguments Wednesday in Bethel Oil & Gas versus Redbird Development, a case that could redefine how civil complaints must be drafted in Ohio. At the center of the dispute is whether Ohio should continue to apply its traditional “notice ...

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Oct. 2: * Larry Robert Koehler, 703 ½ Locust St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to keeping a residence for the use of a controlled substances, fined $186.48 and sentenced to nine months in jail which was ...

CHARLESTON – Attorney and former federal prosecutor Gerald M. Titus III will succeed the late justice Tim Armstead on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, but both Titus and Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Armstead can never be replaced. Morrisey announced Titus’ appointment to the ...

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Sept. 30: * Amber Dawn Powell, 509 Ward Place, Parkersburg, had charges of trespassing and shoplifting dismissed as the defendant is deceased. * John Jason Leigh Cline, 11 Fox Hill Terrace, Parkersburg, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Justice Department acknowledged to a federal judge that the full grand jury had not reviewed the final indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney overseeing the case abruptly reversed herself, insisting Thursday that the ...

CHARLESTON – A final order could come by the end of November in the case brought by a Raleigh County parent against state and local education officials to accept the religious vaccine exemption granted to her child by the West Virginia Department of Health. Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Judge ...