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In the Courts

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Aug. 27: * Everett Swiger Jr., 808 Quincy St. Apt. 2, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license, having no proof of insurance and fined $652.96. A charge of improper registration was ...

Paint By Numbers: Lawsuit filed to stop West Virginia Capitol mural project

CHARLESTON — Just as scaffolding is going up in the upper rotunda to begin work on the final four of eight murals in the State Capitol Building, a lawsuit was filed to halt the project, accusing state officials of not following state law. West Virginia residents Gregory Morris and Tom Acosta ...

Smith resigns Wood County Family Court judge post

PARKERSBURG — A Wood County Family Court judge is stepping down before her term ends. The resignation of Judge Ellen L. Smith, who presides in the 3rd Family Court Circuit, is effective Sept. 20, according to Jennifer Bundy, public information officer for the Supreme Court of Appeals of West ...

Parkersburg woman, sister plead guilty to federal drug crime

CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg resident and her sister have pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the use of a communication facility to facilitate drug trafficking, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. According to court documents ...