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Parkersburg man pleads guilty to federal drug charge

CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty this week to a federal drug charge. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 11, 2024, Aaron Lee Mitter, 39, of Parkersburg, sold approximately 24.52 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 15: * Ronald Bruce Sheridan, 703 1/2 Locust St., Parkersburg, had a preliminary hearing waived for a charge of manufacture or possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver a Schedule I or II ...

Judge recuses self from Morrisey-supported vaccine mandate lawsuit

CHARLESTON — The judge assigned a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a Raleigh County parent with the support of Gov. Patrick Morrisey to block a West Virginia Board of Education directive for counties to follow the state’s law mandating immunizations for public and private school students recused ...

Former West Virginia lawmaker pleads guilty to indecent exposure

MOUNDSVILLE — Former West Virginia Sen. Michael Maroney pleaded guilty Wednesday to an indecent exposure charge from an August incident in Glen Dale. Maroney, appearing with his attorney Martin Sheehan, entered the plea without addressing the court, with Marshall County Magistrate Zachary ...