WALKER — A woman died in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Robert C. Byrd Highway (U.S. 50) near Montgomery Hill Road, the Wood County Sheriff’s Department announced.
The accident was called in to the Wood County 911 Center around 1:39 p.m. with a report that a woman had been ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court Sept. 26:
* Regina K. Runion, Sharon Center, Ohio, pleaded no contest to speed limitations and fined $175.25.
* Michael T. Skolaris, 117 Hall St., Chagrin Falls, Ohio, pleaded no contest to speed limitations and ...
BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports on Sept. 30:
Sept. 26
* Howard R. Sargent Jr., 55, Belpre, was arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail on the charge of domestic violence.
* Jordyn M. Menking, 30, Reno, was arrested on a fail to appear ...
VIENNA — The Vienna Police Department arrested an employee at Greenmont Elementary School on a drug possession charge Thursday.
At about 3:41 p.m. Thursday, the Vienna Police School Resource Officer was called to Greenmont Elementary, located at 209 58th St., about an employee suspected to ...
PARKERSBURG — The following reports were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court September 2-4:
* On Aug. 29, Duane Joseph Burge, 112 Jackson Lane, Mineral Wells, pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license and was fined $270.25.
* Jason Edward McClanahan, 1748 7th St., Parkersburg, ...
PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg woman accepted a plea deal and will likely testify next week in a murder trial.
Rhonda Bay, 35, appeared in Wood County Circuit Court on Wednesday before Judge Jason Wharton to enter a plea of guilty to a charge of accessory after the fact to burglary, a ...
PARKERSBURG — The following reports were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court September 23-25:
* Brenda J. Basham, 19132 Sheldon Road, Brook Park, Ohio, pleaded guilty to speed limitations and fined $180.25.
* Christian N. Delgado-Santos, 7049 Shinnston Pike, Shinnston, pleaded guilty to ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court Sept. 22:
• Teresa Michelle Moore, 3702 6th Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to possession of meth and fined $370.25.
• Jeremiah Travis Harper, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of domestic battery ...
PARKERSBURG — The following reports were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Sept. 20:
* Sean Michael Adkins, 111 River St., Poca, W.Va., pleaded guilty to trespassing and fined $270.25.
* Gary Brent Davis, 911 19th St. Apt. 3, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to shoplifting and fined ...
BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports on Sept. 26:
Sept. 10
* William L. Heflin, 38, Mineral Wells, was cited for no operator license and expired registration.
Sept. 11
* Nicholas A. Beyard, 22, Chesapeake, was arrested and transported to the Washington ...
PARKERSBURG — Two men charged with murder and other counts under sealed indictments were arrested Monday by Parkersburg Police.
George Justin Smith, aka Justin Keel, 21, of Columbus, and Donovan Tyler McCune, 23, of Parkersburg, are accused in the May 17 shooting death of Terrance Mills Jr., ...
PARKERSBURG — The fountain outside of the Wood County Courthouse was recently damaged by vandals.
Wood County Maintenance Supervisor Todd Nonamaker appeared before the Wood County Commission on Monday to detail what happened.
On Sept. 6 around 9 p.m., a group of five kids jumped the fence ...
BELPRE — Following the retirement of its former police chief, a new interim chief was named and sworn in Monday during the Belpre City Council meeting.
Mayor Michael Lorentz swore in Sgt. Michael Stump as the interim chief to replace Terry Williams who retired Sept. 15.
Stump is a Wood ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Sheriff’s Department is upgrading its radio system and is currently using more secure channels for regular communication as the new system is being implemented.
Wood County Sheriff Rick Woodyard said recently he has been getting complaints from people saying ...
BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against a West Virginia jail on behalf of current and former inmates who have described conditions at the facility as inhumane.
The complaint filed last week about conditions at Southern Regional Jail in Beaver references a ...
VIENNA — A juvenile was arrested Sunday evening after striking multiple cars while driving a stolen Home City Ice box truck, police said.
The incident began in Parkersburg and was called in to the Wood County 911 Center around 7:50 p.m., Vienna Police Chief Mike Pifer said.
The truck struck ...
PARKERSBURG —The young woman who was found guilty of murdering her adoptive parents in May 2019 by setting their house on fire received two life sentences, but because she was a minor at the time of the offense she will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
Madison Wine was sentenced Thursday ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court Sept. 16-18:
* Michell K. Davis, 4425 Auburn Road, Huntington, pleaded no contest to speed limitations and fined $175.25.
* Evan Jonathon Jenks, 2223 23rd St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to traffic-control ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — The Williamstown Police Department released the following reports on Sept. 19.
Sept. 13
* Timothy Mcmahon, 52, Parkersburg, was cited for driving on a license revoked for DUI on Highland Avenue.
Sept. 14
* Lora Middleton, 19, Williamstown, was cited for speed 41/25 on ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Michigan man charged in a New Year’s Eve shooting at a West Virginia bar that wounded seven people pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal gun crime.
Kymoni Davis, 33, of Redford, Michigan, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Huntington to being a felon in ...