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Mid-Ohio Valley water systems getting share of $65M DuPont settlement

MARIETTA - Local water systems will receive millions of dollars from a $65 million settlement with DuPont over the release of "forever chemicals" into the Ohio River. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and state Environmental Protection Agency Director John Logue announced the $65 million funding distribution from the environmental restoration settlement reached in 2023. Due to legal appeals, funding from the settlement had been delayed, according to a release from the state. The settlement stemmed from the lawsuit filed by then-Attorney General DeWine against DuPont in 2018 for the accusation of ...

Belpre Police records

The Belpre Police Department released the following reports on April 13: April 6: Caitlyn B. Knotts, 27, of Belpre was cited for expired registration. April 7: Brett D. Davis, 54, of Parkersburg was cited for driving under suspension and fictitious registration. April 8: Alayna D. Boutwell, 37, of Cutler was cited for fail to yield turning left.

15 indicted by Washington County Grand Jury

MARIETTA – The Washington County Grand Jury this week announced 15 indictments: * James Nemo Croston, 48, 300 Buckeye Ridge, Chesterville, one count of theft from a person in a protected class, a felony of the fifth degree, from December. * Michael Thomas Stella, 56, 102 Wilding Road, Marietta, operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them, a felony of the third degree, from March. The indictment says the felony charge was based on a previous conviction from New York in 1995. * Daniel Wayne Camp, 55, 4245 Cats Creek Road, Macksburg, ...

Federal appeals court upholds constitutionality of W.Va. compulsory vaccine law

CHARLESTON - While an appeal remains pending before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals over efforts to insert a religious exemption to the state's school-age vaccine requirements, a three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled in favor of the state's vaccine law in a separate case. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a judgment Wednesday reversing a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in a case brought by two parents in 2024 challenging the legality of West Virginia's compulsory vaccine ...

Plea entered in 2024 Walker double homicide

PARKERSBURG – A Walker man will accept the punishment for the murders of a Walker couple from May 2024. Bradley Cantwell, 43, appeared, along with his attorney Joe Munoz, in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge J.D. Beane on Monday, to enter into an agreement where he would plead, via an ...

New Matamoras woman killed in collision with dump truck

A New Matamoras woman was killed Monday morning in a car accident with a dump truck in Washington County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Hailey Ball, 25, was killed when her 2005 Ford Focus collided with a 2023 Mack dump truck on Ohio 7 at Archers Fork Road (Washington County 14) in Independence Township, according to the Marietta Post of the Highway Patrol. Ball was attempting to turn onto the northbound lane of Ohio 7 from Archers Fork Road and collided with the truck driven south by Anthony Gump, 56, of Folsom, W.Va. Ball died from her injuries, according to the patrol. No ...