A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he's released from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, according to an order issued Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Paula ...
CHARLESTON – The question of whether to require public and private school students to be vaccinated is now before a Raleigh County court after a Kanawha County judge dismissed the case of two parents seeking to require West Virginia health officials to follow state law. In a hearing ...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Friends and relatives of four University of Idaho students murdered in their rental home by Bryan Kohberger delivered powerful statements of love, anguish and condemnation Wednesday as a judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. "This world ...
PARKERSBURG — A release from the Wood County Sheriff’s Office said following an investigation by Detectives LR Board and NC Forshey, Clayton A. Blackwell, date of birth 05-27-81 of Wood County, was arrested on two felony charges resulting from the sexual abuse of a juvenile. The release ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly 2020 Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffing a U.S. Department of Justice recommendation of no prison time for the ...
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay releasing him from jail in order to prevent the Trump administration from trying to swiftly deport the Maryland construction worker. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. in Nashville is expected to rule soon ...
BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports on July 21: July 7 * Michael D. Boone, 48, of Vienna was cited for expired registration. July 8 * Crystal J. Kubichar, 36, of Parkersburg was arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail on the charge of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch Friday, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. The move came shortly after the Justice ...
MARIETTA — The Washington County Grand Jury announced the indictment of 19 individuals Wednesday afternoon. The 19 people indicted included the following: * Thomas Dean Joy, 35, last known address 1220 East Branch Road, Lowell, was indicted for failure to appear as required by recognizance, ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 21: * Brendon Michael Post, 2765 Meadville Road, Davisville, pleaded guilty to speeding and fined $181.48. A charge of having no insurance was dismissed after proof was presented. * Angela Marie Moore, 584 ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Wednesday tried to poke holes in the human smuggling case the government is pursuing against him in Tennessee, while a federal judge said he won't rule this week on freeing Abrego Garcia from jail, a decision that could ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey praised a decision made Tuesday by a federal appeals court in a case brought when he was attorney general challenging West Virginia’s near-total ban on abortion and limits on medication used for abortion. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals ...
PARKERSBURG – A special session of the Wood County Grand Jury resulted in the indictments of 15 people on Monday. Those indicted included: * Jeremy Randall Adkins, 50, in custody at the North Central Regional Jail, was indicted on two counts each of malicious assault and domestic battery ...
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Some of the withheld money funds after-school and summer programming at Boys & ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 20: * Barry Ray Robinson, 14 Meadowbrook Acres, Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of having an open dump, failure to provide proof of properly disposing of solid waste and shoplifting (two counts) and ...
PARKERSBURG — A Vienna man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murder of his girlfriend in July 2024. In a packed courtroom, Hearl Thomas Collins, 32, appeared before Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton for sentencing after entering a plea agreement where he pleaded guilty ...
PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man is in custody after allegedly firing a gun Friday night, leading to a standoff with police at a nearby apartment. City police officers were dispatched around 11:30 p.m. to the 1200 block of Avery Street for a report of a firearm being discharged, according to ...
PARKERSBURG — A Tennessee man was arrested Thursday after authorities seized large quantities of suspected methamphetamine and fentanyl during a drug raid at a Parkersburg hotel. The Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant at Room 249 of a hotel located at 3714 East ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles. Immigrant advocacy groups filed the lawsuit last week accusing President Donald Trump's administration of ...
BELPRE – Two juveniles were taken into custody after a high-speed chase Friday afternoon that started in Athens County and ended in a crash on Ohio 7 north of Belpre. The pursuit of a black Nissan Sentra that had been reported stolen began on Ohio 13 near Glouster and was related to the ...