SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in Maryland has blocked for now the mass firings of probationary federal workers and ordered thousands of fired probationary workers to be reinstated, marking the second decision of its kind in a day. The order from U.S. District Judge James Bredar came late ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 19: * Candace Mowery, 1305 Lost Pavement Road, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to issuing worthless checks and fined $340.48. He had a charge of obtaining property in return for a worthless check on a ...
CHARLESTON — Charles Ray Mackey, 43, of Parkersburg, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. ...
CHARLESTON — Catra Nelson, also known as “Trey,” 48, of Zanesville, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court ...
PARKERSBURG — Three men were charged Tuesday with discharging a firearm after being warned of the illegality, according to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies at about 1:20 a.m. Tuesday responded to 793 Meadville Road in Davisville on reports of multiple gunshots coming from the ...
VIENNA — The Vienna Police Department reported a 2001 Cadillac DTS was at the Vienna Car Wash at 1908 Grand Central Ave. Tuesday afternoon before 3 p.m. when the driver’s foot slipped off the brake and hit the accelerator causing the car to go forward tearing out some of the equipment and ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 18: * Wayne Sherman Bair III, 467 Gates Ridge Road, Rockport, had a preliminary hearing waived on two counts of sex offender registration violation. The case was sent to Wood County Circuit Court. * ...
PARKERSBURG — The West Virginia State Police Parkersburg Detachment, in partnership with the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention, will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, March 21, into Saturday, March 22. It will be from 6 p.m. Friday until 12 a.m. Saturday. The checkpoint is ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 14-17: * Levi William Barker, C/O 3506 Camden Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to second offense shoplifting, fined $176.48 and sentenced to six months in jail with a credit of nine days for time served. ...
PARKERSBURG — The mother of a 3-year-old boy who left his foster parents’ house and drowned in the Little Kanawha River last summer has filed a wrongful death suit against the foster parents and the West Virginia Department of Human Services. The suit was filed Thursday in Wood County ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 13: * Lesley Deanne Hall, 1202 Lockwood St. Apt B, Belpre, had a charge of possession of a controlled substance dismissed after a successful deferred sentence agreement. * Charles William Clark, 26 Wills ...
MARIETTA — Twenty-one people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week, including James Wiley Miller. Miller, 41, 1201 38th St., Parkersburg, was indicted on charges of safecracking (fourth-degree felony), theft from a person in a protected class (fifth-degree felony), and ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program is coordinating a statewide Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement mobilization that runs from today through Sunday, March 25. Wearing a seat belt is required by law. Law enforcement officers across the state will be ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 11: * Trevor Dean Smith, 97 Woodland Circle, Washington, pleaded guilty to speeding (60 mph in a 45 mph zone). * Joshua Allen Miller, 618 Reed St. Apt 10, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to having no ...
MARIETTA — A Belpre man was arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop last week in Waterford Township. Washington County Sheriff Mark Warden reported that on Feb. 28, Det. Peters and K9 Timmy were on routine patrol in the Waterford Township area when Peters observed a black Audi ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced the Putnam County Circuit Court has issued final orders against four members of the same Spencer family for violations of the state’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act, ordering them to pay more than $300,000 in restitution ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's bid to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid, but it was not clear how quickly money might start flowing. By a 5-4 vote, the court rejected an emergency appeal from the Republican ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 10: • Tyler Lee Hartley, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to brandishing deadly weapons (two counts), domestic assault, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, fined $705.92 and sentenced to one ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 7-9: * Austin William Wright, No Address Given, was arraigned on a charge of being a fugitive from justice out of Washington County, Ohio, on charges of failure to appear, aggravated possession of drugs ...
PARKERSBURG — A man accused of attempted murder was one of 20 people indicted by a special session of the Wood County Grand Jury. Keith Allen Stepchuck, 38, in custody at St. Marys Correctional Center, was arraigned on one count each of attempted murder, malicious assault, delivery of a ...