PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man accused of multiple sexual assault and abuse charges was one of 56 people indicted Wednesday by the Wood County Grand Jury. Jesse Aaron Stephens, 44, of Parkersburg was charged with 11 counts of first-degree sexual assault; 15 counts of sexual abuse by a ...
CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man was sentenced this week to three years of federal probation and ordered to pay $75,000 to a foreign national who lived and worked without pay at his business for 10 years. Frederick Sayre Anderson, 65, of Parkersburg, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District ...
MORGANTOWN — A federal judge issued an injunction Tuesday to bring a halt to the reduction-in-force notices issued to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health employees in Morgantown. Meanwhile, one of West Virginia’s congressional representatives received direct answers on ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Supreme Court on Monday declined to answer a federal court's question in an appeal in a landmark lawsuit over whether the distribution of opioids can cause a public nuisance. The 3-2 opinion returns the case to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Sheriff’s Office released the following reports for May 5-7: May 5 * A traffic stop was conducted after the deputy observed the vehicle to be traveling greater than the posted 55 mph limit (radar verified). Upon contact with the driver the deputy detected ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Sheriff’s Office released the following reports for May 1-4: May 1 * Deputies responded to the Go Mart located on Elizabeth Pike in reference to a female slumped over the steering wheel at the gas pump. The female was asked if there was anything illegal in ...
