Parkersburg residents charged in Calhoun County burglaries

April 7, 2026

GRANTSVILLE – Two Parkersburg residents were charged last week following an investigation into multiple burglaries in Calhoun County, the West Virginia State Police Grantsville Detachment said. Caleb Wayne Hart, 36, and Julie Shay Spry, 34, were identified as suspects and were arrested after a traffic stop in Wood County on Thursday when “a substantial amount of stolen property” was recovered, State Police said. A search Friday of a residence in Parkersburg resulted in the recovery of about $100,000 in suspected stolen property, State Police said. Hart and Spry were charged with ...

Horse killed in crash with pickup truck in Gallia County

April 6, 2026

RIO GRANDE – A horse pulling an Amish buggy was killed in an auto accident Friday night in Gallia County, the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The accident occurred on Ohio 325 near Wolf Road where the Amish buggy was traveling north and was being followed by an orange 2005 Dodge pickup truck, the patrol said. The buggy driver attempted to turn left onto Wolf Run Road at the same time the driver of the truck attempted to pass the buggy, the patrol said. As the buggy began to turn, the truck struck the horse, the patrol said. The buggy was not struck, the patrol ...

Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids

March 31, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice. An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy ...

Vermont defends its landmark climate superfund law against Trump administration lawsuit

March 31, 2026

Vermont’s effort to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change was tested Monday in a federal courtroom, where the state argued that two lawsuits challenging its groundbreaking 2024 law should be thrown out. Vermont became the first state to enact a climate superfund ...

Two taken to hospital after three-vehicle crash in Parkersburg

March 31, 2026

PARKERSBURG — Two individuals were taken by ambulance to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash at Ohio and Emerson avenues around 6 p.m. Sunday, according to a dispatcher with the Wood County 911 Center. The call for the accident was made at 6:14 p.m. with the Parkersburg Police, a Wood ...

West Virginia, local education officials lay out case for appeal of religious vaccine exemption ruling

March 30, 2026

CHARLESTON – Months after West Virginia’s highest court stayed a ruling by a Raleigh County circuit judge allowing for religious exemptions to the state’s compulsory vaccination law for school-age children, parties in the case are making their case for the lower court ruling to be ...