PARKERSBURG – A jury on Monday convicted a 57-year-old Wood County man in the 2014 murder of Cindy Ball. Greg Casto, 57, now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole after the 12-man jury recommended against mercy on Monday afternoon. Ball’s body was found on Oct. 24, 2014, ...
PARKERSBURG - Wood County Commission President Blair Couch, right, administers the oath of office to new Wood County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Farnsworth during Monday's commission meeting. The meeting's agenda was light, although commissioners did speak with Assessor John Kelly in ...
A jury today found a Wood County man guilty of a murder that happened in 2014. Greg Casto, 57, was convicted of both counts against him for the murder of Cindy Ball, 36, whose body was found Oct. 24, 2014, near Sugar Camp Road in Wirt County. She was last seen alive two days earlier leaving ...
YOUNGSTOWN - When it comes to President Donald Trump, music legend Neil Young doesn't have a "Heart of Gold." Young filed a $10 million federal lawsuit against Trump’s campaign committee for the unauthorized use of his song “Rockin’ in the Free World” during the Republican president’s rally in Youngstown. The lawsuit states Young’s song was played just prior to Trump taking the stage at the Oct. 12 rally at the Covelli Centre and played “numerous times at other rallies designed to encourage Republican votes in the upcoming midterm elections.” The lawsuit states Trump ...
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office announced movement this week in two related cases involving the death of a child, though one suspect is reportedly "on the run." On Monday, an Athens County grand jury indicted William “Alex” McCallister, 32, formerly of Nelsonville, on charges in connection with the death of a three-month-old infant. An arrest warrant has been issued for McCallister, but efforts are under way to find him, according to a news release. “Please contact the Athens County Sheriff’s Office with any information you may have about Alex McCallister’s ...
CHARLESTON - After hearing more than an hour of arguments Thursday, U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey from investigating environmental advocacy organizations. In an order released Thursday evening, ...
