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 ...
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 ...
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour ...
MARIETTA — The Washington County Grand Jury indicted 21 people Wednesday, including a former representative from the Washington County Veterans Service Commission. Ronald Ellis Hudson, 69, 1097 Colegate Drive, Marietta, was indicted on a charge of theft, a fourth-degree felony. Hudson’s ...
CHARLESTON — Making good on campaign promises to challenge federal overreach, new Attorney General J.B. McCuskey joined his first multi-state lawsuit since being sworn in last week as the state’s top attorney. The Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday that it was joining with 22 ...
