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Waterford man sentenced to four years in prison for role in overdose death

MARIETTA — Waterford resident Douglas Brion Sullivan, 61, was sentenced to four years imprisonment in connection with the 2023 overdose death of Danaus Michael Rohrer, 25, of Washington County. Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Kerenyi gave the sentence at 1 p.m. Dec. 12, ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Oct. 21: * George Nicholas Parsons, 1306 Laird Ave., Parkersburg, had a preliminary hearing waived on charges of fleeing from a law enforcement officer in a vehicle causing bodily injury and third-offense ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Oct. 17: * Randall Paul West, 1721 Spring St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to first-offense shoplifting, was assessed $276.48 and was ordered to pay a $50 civil penalty to Sheetz on Ann Street in Parkersburg. * Adam ...

West Virginia Supreme Court grants direct review in vaccine lawsuit

WHEELING - The debate over religious exemptions from West Virginia’s school vaccine requirements is headed to the state’s highest court. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday granted a motion for direct review of Raleigh County Circuit Judge Michael Froble’s Nov. 26 order ...

Knight arraigned on murder charge in Parkersburg shooting

PARKERSBURG - The 18-year-old Parkersburg man who is accused of shooting two people in south Parkersburg was arraigned Friday in Doddridge County on a charge of murder after one of the men succumbed to his injuries and passed away Thursday. Butch Wayne Knight, 18, of Parkersburg, has been ...