PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Aug. 28: * Samuel Joseph Fourqurean, 505 Gallaher St., Apt. 5A, St. Marys, was arraigned on three counts of possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine, with intent and released on a ...
PARKERSBURG – The man indicted in the 2014 murder of Cindy Ball and the woman charged as an accessory after the fact pleaded not guilty at their arraignments this morning. Walker resident Gregory A. Casto, 56, in custody at the North Central Regional Jail, and Martha Jane Stephens, 66, of ...
ATHENS – A trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol was struck head on just before midnight Saturday on U.S. 50 west of Hooper Road in Athens Township in Athens County. Trooper Todd Wallingford was in a marked Highway Patrol cruiser going west on Route 50 when he was struck by Christopher ...
CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County judge overseeing a case to halt the deployment of the West Virginia National Guard to the nation’s capital is seeking additional information before rendering a ruling. During a hearing Friday morning to consider a motion for a temporary restraining order ...
PARKERSBURG - Parkersburg Police are searching for a woman accused of injuring a man with a sharp weapon during an altercation late Wednesday night. According to a release from the department, officers responded to the 2500 block of 39th Street at approximately 11:20 p.m. Oct. 23 after a third ...
PARKERSBURG - The Parkersburg Police Department announced that Gemma Davies, a juvenile reported as a runaway on Oct. 13, has been safely located and returned home unharmed. According to a release from Police Chief Matthew Board, officers in the patrol and investigative divisions followed ...
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the Trump administration of using the justice system as a "tool of revenge" after she pleaded not guilty Friday in a federal mortgage fraud case the president pressed the Justice Department to bring. James' first court ...
MARIETTA — The Washington County Grand Jury indicted 24 people this week, including a Marietta man on charges of rape involving a minor. Jeremy Allen Hines, 32, 27830 State Route 7, Marietta, was charged on two counts of rape, both first-degree felonies. Starting in July 2021, the charges ...
YOUNGSTOWN — About 600 law enforcement officers lined Armed Forces Boulevard near the Beeghly Center at Youngstown State University in order to salute the coffin of Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Nicholas Cayton as it passed by Wednesday. Cayton, 40, was killed Oct. 16 when his cruiser ...
PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Aug. 26: * Lee Kendall Mullins, 1424 Rector Road, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a petit larceny charge and released on $1,000 bond. * Bobby Allan Finley, Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of domestic battery and ...
PARKERSBURG – The following divorce petitions were filed in the Wood County Circuit Clerk’s office in June: * Barbara A. Dotson and Stephen M. Dotson * Chris L. Hofmann and April R. Hofmann * Kely Jones and Christen Leslie Jones * Mary Michelle Dixon and Jeffrey Matthew Dixon * Jessica ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who says he was detained by police for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader's theme song from "Star Wars" on his phone sued the District of Columbia on Thursday, claiming the officers violated his constitutional rights. Sam O'Hara's ...
PARKERSBURG — The unsealing of the indictment in the 2014 murder of Cindy Ball revealed another count against the man accused of killing her and an alleged accomplice charged with accessory after the fact. According to the indictment unsealed Wednesday, Gregory A. Casto, 56, no address ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey will have four names to consider appointing to succeed Tim Armstead, the late West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals justice who passed away in August. After conducting interviews earlier this week, the Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission (JVAC) submitted ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Aug. 22: * Heather Dawn Clevenger, 908 41st St., Vienna, pleaded guilty to speeding and assessed $181.48. * Travis Sean Settle, 1702 14th Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to having no seatbelt and fined ...
PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man who was arrested in July for allegedly kidnapping his fiancee was one of 13 people indicted Monday by a special session of the Wood County Grand Jury. James Ryan Andrews, 40, currently in custody of the North Central Regional Jail, was indicted on charges of ...
BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports: Oct. 13 * Chloe A. Dunfee, 21, of Hockingport, was cited for a red light violation. Oct. 14 * Melissa N. Smith, 43, of Parkersburg, was cited for driving under suspension and expired registration. * Marcus R. Holloway, ...
MARIETTA - Washington County Sheriff Mark Warden announced that his office is in the process of assigning a school resource officer at Frontier Local during the Washington County Commission meeting Thursday. All seven districts in the county now have a SRO available on-site. “I’m ...
VIENNA – A woman was reportedly run over by a truck during a domestic incident Friday, with the driver arrested the next day, and the woman facing charges as well. Wood County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around 7:24 p.m. Friday to a residence on 12th Avenue in Vienna to a reported ...