PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg woman is being held without bond after being arrested last week for first-degree murder in a shooting last week in Parkersburg. Samantha Deem, 33, of Parkersburg appeared in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton this week where the judge ordered ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — A bomb threat prompted the relocation of Williamstown Elementary School students Wednesday morning, but a search found nothing related to the threat, according to Williamstown Police Chief Shawn Graham. The incident remains under investigation. Wood County Schools Superintendent Christie Willis said staff returned to the building Wednesday afternoon after authorities cleared the school, and classes were expected to proceed Thursday. Graham said an unidentified male called the school at 8:56 a.m. and made a threat to school employees. Employees contacted the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents today searched the home of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of Trump administration criticism, as part of a criminal investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter. The search was conducted by Homeland Security ...
MARIETTA – A Marietta man was indicted on murder and other charges relating to a recent home invasion in which two people were shot, one of whom later died as a result of his injuries. Baxter L. Grimes, 50, was one of 20 defendants listed in indictments handed down by the Washington County Grand Jury on Thursday. Grimes faces 20 counts related to the crime: aggravated murder and murder, both unclassified felonies with firearm specifications; two first-degree felony counts of aggravated burglary and one each of attempted aggravated murder with firearm specifications, attempted murder ...
NEWPORT TWP. – A West Virginia woman died this morning following a single-vehicle crash on Ohio 7. The accident happened at approximately 7:29 a.m. near milepost 42 in Newport Township, according to a release from the Ohio State Highway patrol. The preliminary investigation indicates Brenda A. Goodfellow, 68, of New Martinsville was traveling south in a 2025 Cadillac XT6 SUV when it went off the right side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned, the release says. Goodfellow was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Along with the patrol, the Newport ...
MARIETTA - A bond hearing for Baxter Grimes was initially moved from Marietta Municipal Court to the Washington County Common Pleas Court. Grimes was initially arrested as a suspect in a home invasion in which two elderly residents were shot. Both victims were taken to a local hospital, ...
