BECKLEY — A ruling on a permanent injunction to block local and state education officials from rejecting religious vaccine exemptions to West Virginia’s compulsory vaccine law as mandated by Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s January executive order is likely still weeks away. Thursday marked the ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Grand Jury on Thursday returned indictments against 91 people, including one charged with murder and two charged with attempted murder. Barbara Cupp, 33, 717 Riverview Drive, Apt. 408, Belmont, was indicted on charges of murder and persons prohibited from ...
Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel, 13, arrives at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport near Williamstown on Thursday evening with his father, Theodis Daniel, ahead of a community celebration in his honor. DJ, who was diagnosed in 2018 with brain and spinal cancer and has since undergone 13 brain ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on June 27-29: * Wesley Lance Taylor, 606 Jameson St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle without registration and fined $186.48. * Bradley Hall Anderson, 647 13th St., Parkersburg, had a charge ...
PARKERSBURG — A hometown hero from Parkersburg is an accomplished sexual predator investigator. Retired Sgt. Commander Guy L. Brown II was the commander at the Parkersburg detachment of the West Virginia State Police where he also worked with the U.S. Marshals Service hunting and preventing ...
MARIETTA — For many Marietta College students, the police chief on campus has been more than just a uniform. Jim Weaver, who has led the Marietta College Police Department since 2013, is remembered by students for small gestures — from offering rides to those on crutches to even helping ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on June 26: * Kiger Allen Buffington, 2705 6th Ave., Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of having expired registration and an expired MVI sticker and released on a $500 personal recognizance bond. * Jerry ...
CHARLESTON — Despite a scheduling order from the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week, which set up possible arguments next year on an appeal of a lower court preliminary injunction that grafted a religious vaccine exemption onto the state’s compulsory immunization law, a ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — If the defense gets its way, the confession of a former Hancock County deputy accused of possessing child pornography will never be heard by jurors. Patrick Hoder of Weirton was charged last summer with felony distribution or exhibition of sexually explicit conduct involving ...
MARIETTA – One person was killed in an accident early this morning on Interstate 77 near milepost 16 in Aurelius Township in Washington County, the Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol today said. A 2015 Freightliner operated by Robert Bartic, 58, of Toledo went off the right side ...
CHARLESTON — While a Raleigh County case involving the legality of Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order allowing for religious exemptions to West Virginia’s compulsory immunization is now before the state Supreme Court of Appeals, the executive order faced its first setback in Mineral ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of San ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals set key deadlines in an appeal by state and local school officials of preliminary injunction on behalf of three Raleigh County parents allowing for a religious vaccine exemption for their children, but don’t expect a resolution ...
PARKERSBURG — Three people were arrested Wednesday in Parkersburg on charges relating to fentanyl. On Wednesday, the Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant at 18 Haught St. in Parkersburg, as part of a fentanyl distribution investigation, according to a press release from ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia on Thursday challenged President Donald Trump's use of the National Guard in Washington, asking a federal court to intervene even as he plans to send troops to other cities in the name of driving down crime. Brian Schwalb, the district's elected ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is seeking a swift and definitive decision on tariffs from the Supreme Court that he helped shape, saying the country would be on "the brink of economic catastrophe" without the import taxes he has imposed on U.S. rivals and allies alike. The ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has begun examining mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor who is challenging a Trump administration effort to remove her from her job in a move she says is designed to erode the central bank's ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on June 25: * Samantha Rae Radcliff, Parkersburg, had a charge of domestic battery dismissed without prejudice. * Harold Allan Stump, 413 8th St, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of burglary and held on ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — The West Virginia State Police, in partnership with the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention, will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Saturday on West Virginia 14 near Henrie Lane in the Williamstown area. The checkpoint may be moved to West ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on June 23: * Alexander N. Taylor, 715 Celia St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of possession of a controlled substance and released on a $500 personal recognizance bond. * Celeste Dawn Scott, 1801 ...