MARIETTA — The Washington County Grand Jury indicted 26 people Wednesday including a Lowell man who was recently arrested in connection with a number of break-ins and thefts in the region, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Eldon Jazdzewski, 38, 14990 State Route ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Jan. 16: * Ashley Autumn Eltringham, 911 1/2 Ann St., Ravenswood, was arraigned on a charge of violating a protection order and released on $1,000 bond. * Glen Ray Hardie Jr., 22 Lexington Park Drive, Vienna, ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt -- crimes his own lawyer said earned him the nickname "Gold Bar Bob." U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein announced the sentence ...
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia pharmacist already serving a federal prison sentence in a fraud case was convicted Wednesday in state court in the killing of her husband. A jury found Natalie Cochran guilty of first-degree murder in Raleigh County Circuit Court, news outlets reported. ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Democratic Party is hoping the filing of a second lawsuit over the issue of what political party gets to choose the replacement for Joseph de Soto in the 91st District House of Delegates seat will get around a stay of their first lawsuit. The party filed a new ...