ELIZABETH — Wirt County Prosecuting Attorney Austin Grimmett announced Tuesday the arrests and/or filing of criminal charges against 18 individuals following an extensive drug trafficking investigation dubbed "Operation Blackjack." The investigation was conducted jointly by the Wirt County ...
PARKERSBURG — The following civil suits were filed in the office of the Wood County Circuit Clerk in February: * American Express National Bank v. Robert Sandifer * Platinum Recovery LLC v. Giovanna Gazzillo * American Express National Bank v. James Colombo and Colombo’s Restaurant * ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 16-18: * Anthony Lee Scritchfield, Parkersburg, had a charge of third-degree domestic assault dismissed as the alleged victim recanted and does not wish to pursue. * Kacey Dawn Thorn, Parkersburg, had a ...
PARKERSBURG — The following civil suits were filed in the office of the Wood County Circuit Clerk in January: * Peoples Bank v. Big A Muffler & Brakes LLC and Daniel L. Riddle * William Howard Jr. v. Wood County Board of Education and Daniel Stephens (dismissed from case) * United Bank ...
NEW MATAMORAS — A single-motorcycle crash involving a fatality occurred on June 27 at approximately 3:30 a.m is currently being investigated by the Marietta Patrol Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred on State Route 7 near Milepost 54 in Grandview Township. According to ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns from his lawyers that he could be deported if he's released to await his trial on human smuggling charges, a federal judge in Tennessee ruled Monday. Abrego Garcia's attorneys had asked the judge to delay ...
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A man who started a wildfire and then fatally shot two firefighters and wounded another in northern Idaho was a 20-year-old transient who attacked the first responders after they asked him to move his vehicle, a sheriff said Monday. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob ...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man armed with a rifle started a wildfire Sunday and then began shooting at first responders in a northern Idaho mountain community, killing two firefighters and wounding a third during a barrage of gunfire over several hours, authorities said. A shelter-in-place ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case. Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, 38, has been convicted of smuggling migrants and ...
MARIETTA — A feasibility study on the possibility of doing a combined Washington County 911 system will be the focus of a public hearing Tuesday in Marietta. The Ohio Auditor of State’s office recently released a report, “Washington County 911 Dispatch Feasibility Study June 2025” for ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 15: * Ronald Bruce Sheridan, 703 1/2 Locust St., Parkersburg, had a preliminary hearing waived for a charge of manufacture or possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver a Schedule I or II ...
CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty this week to a federal drug charge. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 11, 2024, Aaron Lee Mitter, 39, of Parkersburg, sold approximately 24.52 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 14: * Heather Lee Wagner, 650 13th St., Apt #1, Parkersburg, had a preliminary hearing waived on a charge of forgery/uttering. The case was sent to Wood County Circuit Court. * David Eran Bailes, 1026-3 ...
CHARLESTON — The judge assigned a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a Raleigh County parent with the support of Gov. Patrick Morrisey to block a West Virginia Board of Education directive for counties to follow the state’s law mandating immunizations for public and private school students recused ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Former West Virginia Sen. Michael Maroney pleaded guilty Wednesday to an indecent exposure charge from an August incident in Glen Dale. Maroney, appearing with his attorney Martin Sheehan, entered the plea without addressing the court, with Marshall County Magistrate Zachary ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in jail for at least a few more days while attorneys in the federal smuggling case against him spar over whether prosecutors have the ability to prevent Abrego Garcia's deportation if he is released to await trial. The Salvadoran ...
CHARLESTON – The civil case to block the spending of $5 million in West Virginia taxpayer funds for a private Ohio-based Catholic trade school to expand into the state can move forward. According to the West Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-WV) in a social media ...
CHARLESTON – While unable to file a lawsuit against the West Virginia Board of Education himself, Gov. Patrick Morrisey threw his support behind a parent’s lawsuit seeking to block guidance to county boards of education to follow the current compulsory school vaccination law that does not ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is urging the nation’s highest court to take up the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling blocking enforcement of West Virginia’s ban on transgender girls and women participating in sports meant for biological girls and ...
MARIETTA — A Belpre resident was arrested Monday on a drug charge following an investigation by two local law enforcement agencies. On Tuesday, Washington County Sheriff Mark Warden reported the arrest of Jessica Renee Queen, of George Street, Belpre, on Monday after a mutual coalition with ...