PARKERSBURG – The prosecution presented a picture of a turbulent on-again, off-again relationship between Greg Casto and Cindy Ball where arguments and threats of violence were common while the defense claims another possible suspect who also had a turbulent relationship with Ball was not ...
CHARLESTON – A federal judge will hear the merits Thursday of a request by two environmental advocacy groups to halt a consumer protection investigation by West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey they say is meant to silence their right to free speech and other constitutional ...
PARKERSBURG – Opening arguments get underway this morning at 9 am. for the man charged in the 2014 murder of Cindy Ball. Opening arguments are scheduled before Wood County Circuit Judge JD Beane in the case of Gregory Alan Casto, 56, of Walker who is being held in the North Central Regional Jail following his arrest in Oct. 2025 after a grand jury indicted him on charges of first-degree murder and concealment of a deceased human body. The arrest happened nearly 11 years to the day after Ball was last seen leaving the Overtime Sports Bar in Parkersburg. Her body was found two days ...
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 ...
