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Parkersburg man sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of minors

PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man was sentenced this week to 20-100 years imprisonment on four counts of sexual abuse in the first degree. Patrick Vaughn Frazier, 70, North Central Regional Jail, appeared Monday before Wood County Circuit Judge Robert Waters for sentencing after reaching a ...

Judge denies suspect bond in Ball murder case

PARKERSBURG — The man charged in the 2014 murder of Cindy Ball will remain in jail after a Wood County judge denied a motion for bond on Monday. Gregory Alan Casto, 56, of Walker, has been held in the North Central Regional Jail in Doddridge County following his arrest on Oct. 21 after a ...

Ohio Supreme Court to hear cases on injection wells, solar farm proposal

MARIETTA - The Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral arguments on eight cases Nov. 18–19, including a dispute over hydraulic-fracturing waste in Southeast Ohio and the proposed approval of a major solar facility in Logan County, according to Court News Ohio, a service of the Supreme Court of ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Sept. 22: * Brian Wood St. Apt. 7, Parkersburg, had a preliminary hearing waived on a charge of third-offense driving on a revoked or suspended license for DUI. The case was sent to Wood County Circuit ...

Federal review finds issues with Justice-era Child Protective Services

CHARLESTON – A federal audit of West Virginia’s child welfare system during former Gov. Jim Justice’s final year in office found that 91% of 100 reviewed reports did not follow requirements for child neglect and abuse cases. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of ...

Murder suspect to remain in jail without bond

PARKERSBURG – The man arrested in October for a 2014 murder will remain in jail without bond, a judge ruled this morning. Gregory Alan Casto, 56, of Walker, was indicted by a grand jury last month on charges of first-degree murder and concealment of a deceased human body in the killing of ...