MARIETTA — Waterford resident Scott Hickman is currently on trial in connection with a Washington County double homicide that occurred in 1995 involving the death of Kimberly Fulton, 28, and her 17-month-old child Daniel. The courtroom was packed during the fourth day of the trial Friday ...
CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man is paying restitution and fines for immigration crime. John Robert Coe, 66, of Parkersburg, paid $54,740 in restitution and a $500 fine for continuing to employ a known illegal alien. According to court documents and statements made in court, from early 2011 ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia shot and killed a knife-wielding man in a hospital emergency room after he attacked an employee early Friday, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 1:45 a.m. at Charleston Area Medical Center's General Hospital in Charleston, Police ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A legal organization challenging President Donald Trump's administration on multiple fronts filed a new lawsuit on Friday seeking the release of records detailing the handling of the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The group Democracy Forward sued the ...
MARIETTA — The Washington County Grand Jury indicted 23 people this week, including two residents from Malta. Tony Ray Fischer, 63, 2031 Rabbit Goins Lane, Malta, and Kelly Scott Goins, 45, 1917 Rabbit Goins Lane, Malta, were indicted on one third-degree felony count each of burglary, grand ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on June 3: * Heather Dawn Lucas, 907 Pike St. Lot A, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to violation of a protective order, fined $426.48 and sentenced to 30 days in jail which was suspended and she was placed on six ...
A 61-year-old man shot and killed his neighbor in rural Pennsylvania Thursday and then ambushed first responders, wounding two state troopers and causing an EMT to crash a vehicle while firing dozens of rounds from a semiautomatic weapon, police said. The attacker was later killed by ...
A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company's Washington Works plant in West Virginia. "Those pollutants endanger the environment, aquatic life, and human ...
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental laws. The facility can continue to ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between Sept. 2-6, 2024: * Croesus Marathon Holdings LLC and Croesus Holdings LLC to TA Franchise Systems LLC, tract 16.644 acres I77 and tract 1.101 acres and tract 1.950 acres, memorandum of right of first ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Police Department held its ninth annual National Night Out on Tuesday with an evening focused on building community and having fun. Hosted at City Park, the event included games from 3 to 5 p.m. with the splash pad open from 5 to 8 p.m. Entry to the swimming ...
PARKERSBURG – An event celebrating a 13-year-old who has inspired law enforcement agencies across the country with his dream of becoming a police officer will be held Sept. 12 in Parkersburg. Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel was diagnosed in 2018 with brain and spinal cancer and given just five ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between Sept 2-6, 2024: * Croesus Marathon Holdings LLC and Croesus Holdings LLC to TA Franchise Systems LLC, tract 16.644 acres I77 and tract 1.101 acres and tract 1.950 acres, memorandum of right of first ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on June 2: * Walter Ray McPeek, Parkersburg, had a charge of domestic battery dismissed without prejudice as the alleged victim does not wish to prosecute. * Ernest Bill Vandal, 33 Aikinson Ridge Road, Walker, ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 29: * Roger Lee Coe, 348 Slate Run Road, Belleville, pleaded guilty to destruction of property, fined $1,686.48 and sentenced to one year in jail which was suspended and he was placed on one year of ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A 28-year-old teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers he didn't know in an Arkansas state park bounced between four school districts in three states in recent years. Andrew James McGann was placed on administrative leave at an ...
PARKERSBURG — Tomas Worstell was sworn in as a Deputy Sheriff with the Wood County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday by Wood County Commission President Blair Couch. Worstell comes to the sheriff’s department after over 22 years with the Parkersburg Police Department. Wood County Sheriff ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 28: * Billy Paul Burton, 2316 Highland Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded no contest to destruction of property and simple assault, fined $352.96 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. * Cindy Lynn Givens, 71 Lewis ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Appellate court judges expressed broad skepticism Thursday over President Donald Trump's legal rationale for his most expansive round of tariffs. Members of the 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington appeared unconvinced by the ...