NEW YORK (AP) — Mourners packed a New York mosque on Thursday to honor a Bangladesh-born police officer who embraced the job of protecting his adopted city and gave his life for it when a gunman opened fire in an office building this week. Officer Didarul Islam "did believe in the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Police lined the streets of New York City to pay their respects to fellow officer Didarul Islam, who was among the four victims of a gunman's rampage Monday at a Manhattan office tower. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
PARKERSBURG — Having the community interact with local police officers in a social setting is the focus of the upcoming annual National Night Out in Parkersburg. The free event will be held Tuesday, Aug. 5, at City Park. The national event, which focuses on ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 27: * Tiffany Nicole Snyder, 1129 Little Kanawha River Road, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to fleeing from a police officer, trespassing, fined $352.96 and sentenced to 30 days in jail which was suspended and ...
PARKERSBURG — West Virginia State Police, partnering with the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention, will conduct a sobriety checkpoint beginning at 6 p.m. today and ending at midnight, near the Dollar General store on West Virginia 95, near Kemper Street, in Parkersburg. The sobriety ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 23-26: * Heaven Ann Mounts, 2503 Beverly St. Apt 12b, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to a seat belt violation and fined $25. A charge of having no MVI was dismissed after a new MVI was presented to the ...
VOLCANO — The body of a missing Canton, Ohio, man was found Sunday at Mountwood Park. The body of Chad E. Polen was discovered by searchers at the park, according to a press release from the Wood County Sheriff’s Department posted on its Facebook page Monday. Deputies had previously been ...
PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man was arrested Sunday for allegedly kidnapping his fiancee. The Wood County 911 Center dispatched deputies to the area of Valley Mills Drive in Parkersburg in regards to James Ryan Andrews, 40, trespassing on the property, according to a press release from the ...
BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports on July 29: July 25 * Tempest S. Murphy, 38, Coolville, was cited for assured clear distance ahead and expired registration. July 26 * Kiernan M. Cline, 21, Parkersburg, was cited for speed. * Misty D. Krampe, 44, ...
Matthew Kolakowski was shopping for fishing gear and snacks with his daughter at a Michigan Walmart over the weekend when he heard an employee yelling "he's got a knife" followed by sounds of screaming. Then he saw a man rushing toward the checkout counter. "All of a sudden I see him pop up ...
Civil rights lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys, are being held without any charges and that a federal immigration court has canceled bond ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of entering a Walmart in Michigan and randomly stabbing 11 shoppers before being detained by bystanders in the store parking lot is expected to face terrorism and multiple assault charges, authorities said Sunday. Grand Traverse County Sheriff ...
CHARLES TOWN — An El Salvador native in the United States illegally was sentenced to at least 15 years in jail this week in the murder of a 23-year-old woman. David Antonio Calderon was indicted on one count of first-degree murder and one count of concealment of a deceased human body in ...
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, issuing the third court ruling blocking the birthright order nationwide since a key Supreme Court decision in June. U.S. ...
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in Illinois dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit Friday that sought to disrupt limits Chicago imposes on cooperation between federal immigration agents and local police. The lawsuit, filed in February, alleged that so-called sanctuary laws in the nation's ...
BECKLEY — Gov. Patrick Morrisey and supporters of religious exemptions to West Virginia’s law requiring mandatory immunizations for public and private school students received another win Thursday after a Raleigh County judge issued a ruling allowing the children of three parents to attend ...
PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg woman was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in an overdose death. Ashley Louise Haynes, 28, was sentenced by Wood County Circuit Court Judge J.D. Beane on July 18 to 15 years in prison with credit for 497 days served after previously pleading ...
PARKERSBURG — A Lowell man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to a charge of use of minors in filming sexually explicit conduct. Brayden Taylor Roux, 20, pleaded guilty to the first charge in a six-count indictment and was sentenced Monday by Wood County ...
PARKERSBURG — West Virginia State Police, partnering with the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention, will conduct a sobriety checkpoint beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, and ending at midnight Thursday, July 31, near the Dollar General store on West Virginia 95, near Kemper Street, in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th ...