12 people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury indictments include: Kevin Alan Mehl, 40, 4239 Vore Ridge Road, Lot 5, Athens; aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, from March. Caleb Adam Polsley, 19, 37766 Huntington Road, Glenwood, West Virginia; joint with ...
PARKERSBURG – Although City Council members are elected by district, petitions to recall them must have signatures equal to 20% of the entire city’s number of registered voters. That’s the determination after Wood County Circuit Court Judge J.D. Beane dismissed a petition by people seeking to unseat Mayor Tom Joyce and council President Andrew Borkowski, agreeing with the city’s contention that the charter is clear on the matter. “The Court agrees that no controversy exists, as the language of the relevant charter section is clear and unambiguous and not subject to ...
PARKERSBURG – A Wood County sheriff’s deputy has been cleared in a May shooting that left an armed suspect dead. Evidence related to the incident was presented to the Wood County Grand Jury during a recent special session, according to a statement from the jury’s foreperson released ...
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is joining a consortium of states filing separate lawsuits against the parent company of ChatGPT over concerns that the artificial intelligence company’s technology poses risks for children. The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Mason County Circuit Court against California-based OpenAI Global LLC and seven affiliated corporate entities. The complaint alleges that OpenAI violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and other state laws through deceptive marketing, unsafe ...
CHARLESTON - A conflict between a circuit judge's efforts to raise awareness about systemic child welfare staffing issues and the regulatory boundaries established by the West Virginia Code of Judicial Conduct made its way to the state's highest court Wednesday. The West Virginia Supreme ...
PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg woman is being held without bond after being arrested last week for first-degree murder in a shooting last week in Parkersburg. Samantha Deem, 33, of Parkersburg appeared in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton this week where the judge ordered ...
