CHARLESTON — Attorneys representing West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner agreed with a federal magistrate that it was too soon to hear a case brought by a long-shot Republican candidate for president to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 primary ballot. The office filed a combined ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were recently handled in Wood County Circuit Court: * Tkeisha L. Jones, 486 Jefferson Dr., Mineral Wells, pleaded guilty before Wood County Circuit Judge JD Beane to possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (Meth). Sentencing is set for ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's civil fraud trial will roll ahead next week after the former president lost a bid Friday to halt the proceedings while he fights a pretrial ruling that could strip him of Trump Tower and other marquee properties. An appeals court judge rebuffed Trump's push ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County from June 19-23: * Brain McKibben to Jeffery Stuart, all interest tract 0.55 acres Washington BTM Rd, Lubeck District, quit claim deed. * Stefanie McKibben-Smith to Jeffery Stuart, all interest tract 0.55 acres ...
PARKERSBURG — A couple of murder cases are continuing to move through the courts in Wood County with one scheduled to go to trial in February. The trial of the two men charged with the murder of a Parkersburg man in May 2022 from an alleged drug deal and robbery that turned into a shooting ...
WASHINGTON, W.Va. — The Wood County Sheriff’s Department, West Virginia Public Service Commission Transportation Division, Washington Bottom Volunteer Fire Department and Camden Clark Ambulance Service responded to the scene of a crash involving a semi tractor and train engine Friday ...
PARKERSBURG — One person was taken to a Morgantown hospital after he was injured in an accident with a Parkersburg Police Department patrol car shortly after 5 a.m. Friday at East and Seventh streets, the Wood County Sheriff’s Department said. The accident was in front of Sheetz where a ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court Oct. 3: * Chelsie Dawn Riffle, 35 Firehouse Lane Apt. 7, Cottageville, pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license and fined $276.48. * Christopher L. Lugli, 1309 County Road 16, New London, pleaded guilty ...
PARKERSBURG — The following divorce petitions were filed in the office of the Wood County Circuit Clerk between Sept. 16-30: * Juanita Loisie Pickering-Smith and Gary Eugene Wise * Cassie Mae Vance and Aaron Wayne Carns * Amy June Leggett and Nathan Dale Leggett * Jaime Lee Gains and ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump' s corporate executives once boosted the estimated worth of his Trump Tower penthouse by $20 million partly because of the value of his celebrity, according to trial testimony Thursday. Another $100 million hike in the estimate was based on a single email from ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the Washington federal election subversion case against him, arguing the Republican is immune from prosecution for actions they say were taken in his official role as president. The motion amounts to the most ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Advocacy groups fighting Ohio’s political maps in court formally objected Thursday to the latest round of Statehouse districts, which they see as once again unfairly drawn to favor Republicans. Proposed legislative districts created by the GOP-led Ohio Redistricting ...
HARRISVILLE — The man identified as the whistleblower in allegations including a hidden camera in the women’s locker room at the West Virginia State Police Academy and alleged destruction of evidence was indicted this week by a Ritchie County grand jury on domestic violence charges. Joseph ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The fraud trial that could block former President Donald Trump from doing business in New York drilled down Wednesday into the question of who — his company or hired accountants — bore responsibility for financial statements that the state calls fraudulent. With ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The future of Ohio’s public education system hung in the balance Wednesday after a judge once again extended an order preventing the state from moving forward with a planned GOP-backed overhaul that a group of parents has challenged as unconstitutional. It’s the ...
PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man was arrested today for drug offenses after a warrant was served at his residence, the Parkersburg Violent Crime and Narcotics Task Force said. The task force assisted by Parkersburg Police Department S.W.A.T. served the warrant at 2212 36th St., Apt. 9, where ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court Sept. 29 to Oct. 1: * Alexander Preston McCartney, 658 Ridgeview Dr., St. Marys, was arraigned on charges of of DUI, less than .150, and released on $2,000 bond. * John Edward Scott, Belleville, was arraigned on ...
PARKERSBURG — Over the first eight months of 2023, the Parkersburg Police Department has responded to 24,313 calls for service. That’s almost 9,000 more calls than the same period in 2016 – with eight fewer officers. “More work with less people, but we’re holding the line,” Police ...
MARIETTA — A statewide law enforcement crackdown last week on human trafficking, led by Attorney General Dave Yost’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission, included Washington and Noble County felony arrests and the rescue of a sex trade victim after a suspected Belpre massage ...