PARKERSBURG – The City of Parkersburg has been dismissed from two lawsuits stemming from a fatal fire at a downtown building that had been the subject of litigation over efforts to inspect the property prior to the 2023 blaze. The cases are proceeding against organizations and one ...
MARIETTA - 19 people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week, a majority on various drug charges. Those indicted include: * Chad K. Perkins, 52, 201 Main St., Lower Salem; joint with Randall D. Ash, 64, 14460 Browns Road, Marietta; both were indicted on aggravated possession of drugs, both third-degree felonies, from, July 2024 and June 6. * Ethan Adam Ross, 25, 211 1/2 Maple St., Marietta; one count aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, from May 20. * Chloe Marie Ellison, 19, 1121 Staunton Ave., Parkersburg; one count aggravated possession of ...
PARKERSBURG – City of Parkersburg officials are reviewing a court ruling that could impact how recyclable materials are picked up. Wood County Circuit Court Judge J.D. Beane issued a declaratory judgment on Thursday that the city's new method of picking up recyclables does not follow established state law and the city remains obligated to establish and implement a curbside-collection program for recyclable materials that satisfies the minimum requirements of the statute. Parkersburg resident and attorney Walt Auvil said, in motions in his original suit, the city violated state code ...
PARKERSBURG – A Wood County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the City of Parkersburg’s new method of picking up recyclables does not follow established state law. Judge J.D. Beane said in a declaratory judgment issued Thursday that the city remains obligated under state law to establish and implement a source-separation and curbside-collection program for recyclable materials that satisfies the minimum requirements of the statute. A declaratory judgment in West Virginia is an official court ruling that defines legal rights, status or relations without ordering any action or ...
BALTIMORE, MD – A federal judge sentenced an Elkins man to more than two decades in prison for child sex abuse crimes, officials said. U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced Donald Robert Wilt Edwards, Sr., 30, of Elkins, to 25 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for sexually exploiting a minor, the United States Attorney's Office of Maryland announced in a press release Wednesday. According to the press release, U.S Attorney for the District of Maryland Kelly O. Hayes announced the sentence with Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul of the FBI Baltimore ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports on May 22: * Raymond William Perry, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to battery and was assessed $176.48 and sentenced to four days in jail, already served). * Charges of domestic battery and domestic assault were dismissed, without prejudice, against Devin Michael Allen, Washington, W.Va. The alleged victim does not wish to press charges. * A charge for third-offense driving while suspended was dismissed against David Michael Mullins, 910 Pike St., Parkersburg, upon completion of a deferred sentence ...
