PARKERSBURG - Westbound lanes of U.S. 50 are closed near Progress Ridge Road after a fatal accident at approximately 12:15 p.m. Wednesday. West Virginia State Police and the Deerwalk Volunteer Fire Department were on the scene of an accident that appeared to involve a semi-truck hauling ...
WATERFORD – Waterford High School physical education teacher Matthew Ryan Warden was charged with two counts of assault to a student and arrested May 7 just after 5 p.m., according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office jail roster and Marietta Municipal Court documents. According to official documents, the assault took place May 5 at Waterford High School with two charges of harm knowingly made to the victim. The charges are first-degree misdemeanors. Warden, 55, was released on a personal recognizance bond on May 8, according to court documents and the Washington County Jail ...
CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey said his executive order creating a pathway for religious exemptions to West Virginia's compulsory vaccine law for school-age children is protected by existing religious freedom laws. In an amicus brief filed Monday with the West Virginia Supreme Court of ...
ELIZABETH — On Sunday, at approximately 2:50 p.m., Trooper T. C. Winters responded to a single vehicle crash, on Little Kanawha Parkway near Chestnut Run Road in Elizabeth. Upon arrival, Winters learned that a vehicle driven by Steve Boggs, 59, of Grantsville, was traveling west on Little Kanawha Parkway (WV Route 5) when the vehicle went off the roadway, struck a pole, rolled over and came to rest upright. Boggs was extracted from the vehicle and was taken to Camden Clark Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased. Next of kin has been notified, and the investigation is ...
MARIETTA - The Washington County Grand Jury this week announced the indictments of 11 individuals, mostly on drug-related charges. The defendants include: * Tiffany Kenzie Dawn Boso, 21, 1005 State Route 555, Little Hocking; a fifth-degree felony count of obstructing official business creating a risk of physical harm to officer, a first-degree misdemeanor count of resisting arrest, and a fourth-degree misdemeanor count of domestic violence from March. * Matthew Thomas Sandy, 43, 2090 County Road 9, Reno; two first-degree felonies on counts of kidnapping, two fourth-degree felonies ...
PARKERSBURG – As guests gathered at the Wood County Resiliency Center this week to celebrate the 100th graduation from the county’s Juvenile Drug Court program, Family Court Judge Darren Tallman didn’t just tell them how the program works. He showed them. Before honoring the 99th, ...
