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15 indicted by Washington County Grand Jury

MARIETTA – The Washington County Grand Jury this week announced 15 indictments: * James Nemo Croston, 48, 300 Buckeye Ridge, Chesterville, one count of theft from a person in a protected class, a felony of the fifth degree, from December. * Michael Thomas Stella, 56, 102 Wilding Road, Marietta, operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them, a felony of the third degree, from March. The indictment says the felony charge was based on a previous conviction from New York in 1995. * Daniel Wayne Camp, 55, 4245 Cats Creek Road, Macksburg, ...

Federal appeals court upholds constitutionality of W.Va. compulsory vaccine law

CHARLESTON - While an appeal remains pending before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals over efforts to insert a religious exemption to the state's school-age vaccine requirements, a three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled in favor of the state's vaccine law in a separate case. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a judgment Wednesday reversing a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in a case brought by two parents in 2024 challenging the legality of West Virginia's compulsory vaccine ...

Plea entered in 2024 Walker double homicide

PARKERSBURG – A Walker man will accept the punishment for the murders of a Walker couple from May 2024. Bradley Cantwell, 43, appeared, along with his attorney Joe Munoz, in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge J.D. Beane on Monday, to enter into an agreement where he would plead, via an ...

New Matamoras woman killed in collision with dump truck

A New Matamoras woman was killed Monday morning in a car accident with a dump truck in Washington County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Hailey Ball, 25, was killed when her 2005 Ford Focus collided with a 2023 Mack dump truck on Ohio 7 at Archers Fork Road (Washington County 14) in Independence Township, according to the Marietta Post of the Highway Patrol. Ball was attempting to turn onto the northbound lane of Ohio 7 from Archers Fork Road and collided with the truck driven south by Anthony Gump, 56, of Folsom, W.Va. Ball died from her injuries, according to the patrol. No ...

Parkersburg residents charged in Calhoun County burglaries

GRANTSVILLE – Two Parkersburg residents were charged last week following an investigation into multiple burglaries in Calhoun County, the West Virginia State Police Grantsville Detachment said. Caleb Wayne Hart, 36, and Julie Shay Spry, 34, were identified as suspects and were arrested after a traffic stop in Wood County on Thursday when “a substantial amount of stolen property” was recovered, State Police said. A search Friday of a residence in Parkersburg resulted in the recovery of about $100,000 in suspected stolen property, State Police said. Hart and Spry were charged with ...

Horse killed in crash with pickup truck in Gallia County

RIO GRANDE – A horse pulling an Amish buggy was killed in an auto accident Friday night in Gallia County, the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The accident occurred on Ohio 325 near Wolf Road where the Amish buggy was traveling north and was being followed by an orange 2005 Dodge pickup truck, the patrol said. The buggy driver attempted to turn left onto Wolf Run Road at the same time the driver of the truck attempted to pass the buggy, the patrol said. As the buggy began to turn, the truck struck the horse, the patrol said. The buggy was not struck, the patrol ...