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Parkersburg man sentenced to prison for federal gun crime

CHARLESTON — Charles Ray Mackey, 43, of Parkersburg, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. ...

Ohio man pleads guilty to federal drug crimes

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 ...

Wood Magistrate

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 ...

Wood Magistrate

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. * ...

Lawsuit filed over drowning of foster child in Wood County

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 ...