CHARLESTON — Catra Nelson, also known as “Trey,” 48, of Zanesville, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court ...

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 19: * Candace Mowery, 1305 Lost Pavement Road, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to issuing worthless checks and fined $340.48. He had a charge of obtaining property in return for a worthless check on a ...

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 18: * Wayne Sherman Bair III, 467 Gates Ridge Road, Rockport, had a preliminary hearing waived on two counts of sex offender registration violation. The case was sent to Wood County Circuit Court. * ...

PARKERSBURG — The mother of a 3-year-old boy who left his foster parents’ house and drowned in the Little Kanawha River last summer has filed a wrongful death suit against the foster parents and the West Virginia Department of Human Services. The suit was filed Thursday in Wood County ...

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 14-17: * Levi William Barker, C/O 3506 Camden Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to second offense shoplifting, fined $176.48 and sentenced to six months in jail with a credit of nine days for time served. ...

MARIETTA — Twenty-one people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week, including James Wiley Miller. Miller, 41, 1201 38th St., Parkersburg, was indicted on charges of safecracking (fourth-degree felony), theft from a person in a protected class (fifth-degree felony), and ...