CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man was sentenced last week to three years in prison on a federal gun charge. Christian Elliott, 21, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty in September to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for ...
CHARLESTON — A spokesperson for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals clarified Friday that the automatic stay requested last week by House Speaker Roger Hanshaw of a lawsuit filed by the state Democratic Party over who should be appointed to a forfeited House of Delegates seat is in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington without the court's approval after President Donald Trump commuted the extremist group leader's 18-year prison sentence in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. ...
CHARLESTON — Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family that controls the major prescription opioids manufacturer have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with West Virginia and 13 other states due to fueling the substance use disorder crisis. Attorney General J.B. McCuskey announced Thursday that ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Jan. 14: * Derek Robert Chrisman, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to second-offense domestic assault/battery and violation of a protective order, fined $602.96 and sentenced to one year in jail with credit of 102 ...
BRYAN, Ohio (AP) — For more than a year, a pastor who opened his church around the clock to shelter and give hope to homeless people has been at odds with an Ohio city over the building housing his ministry. On Tuesday, a city judge found Pastor Chris Avell guilty of violating zoning and ...