CHARLESTON — The judge assigned a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a Raleigh County parent with the support of Gov. Patrick Morrisey to block a West Virginia Board of Education directive for counties to follow the state’s law mandating immunizations for public and private school students recused ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Former West Virginia Sen. Michael Maroney pleaded guilty Wednesday to an indecent exposure charge from an August incident in Glen Dale. Maroney, appearing with his attorney Martin Sheehan, entered the plea without addressing the court, with Marshall County Magistrate Zachary ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in jail for at least a few more days while attorneys in the federal smuggling case against him spar over whether prosecutors have the ability to prevent Abrego Garcia's deportation if he is released to await trial. The Salvadoran ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on May 14: * Heather Lee Wagner, 650 13th St., Apt #1, Parkersburg, had a preliminary hearing waived on a charge of forgery/uttering. The case was sent to Wood County Circuit Court. * David Eran Bailes, 1026-3 ...
CHARLESTON – The civil case to block the spending of $5 million in West Virginia taxpayer funds for a private Ohio-based Catholic trade school to expand into the state can move forward. According to the West Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-WV) in a social media ...
CHARLESTON – While unable to file a lawsuit against the West Virginia Board of Education himself, Gov. Patrick Morrisey threw his support behind a parent’s lawsuit seeking to block guidance to county boards of education to follow the current compulsory school vaccination law that does not ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is urging the nation’s highest court to take up the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling blocking enforcement of West Virginia’s ban on transgender girls and women participating in sports meant for biological girls and ...
MARIETTA — A Belpre resident was arrested Monday on a drug charge following an investigation by two local law enforcement agencies. On Tuesday, Washington County Sheriff Mark Warden reported the arrest of Jessica Renee Queen, of George Street, Belpre, on Monday after a mutual coalition with ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homelands, lifting for now a court order requiring they get a chance to challenge the deportations. The high court majority did not detail ...
MARIETTA — A Waterford man was killed in a single-vehicle accident that occurred Thursday night at Malta near the Muskingum River, according to the Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The patrol was notified at 10:17 a.m. Saturday of a body in the Muskingum River near North ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Tennessee plans to order the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, while he awaits a federal trial on human smuggling charges. But Abrego ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County from Aug. 19-23, 2024: * Ronald and Marian Duvall to Avodah Properties LLC, Lots 8 and 9 Block 3 Oakwood Addition and part tract alleys less right of ways, Lot 48 L C Cale Addition and Lot Julian Street with exhibit, ...
MARIETTA — An Ohio man who was driving a moving truck carrying his family and more than 30 reptiles when it overturned in 2023 in Washington County has been indicted on multiple charges, including aggravated vehicular assault, cruelty to animals, and child endangerment. Davaughn Marice ...
TRIADELPHIA — Last weekend’s flooding in Ohio County has left tired deputies and recovering communities now being targeted by looters, according to Ohio County Sheriff Nelson Croft. Deputies will now be coming from other West Virginia counties to assist the Ohio County Sheriff’s ...
CHARLESTON — Third Judicial Circuit Court Judge Tim Sweeney was one of two judges admonished by the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission last week after drawing attention to issues within Child Protective Services. The Judicial Investigation Commission (JIC) issued an ...
PARKERSBURG — Mountain State Creamery hosted a Pie to the Eye fundraiser with Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 79 in support of Shop with a Cop. The event raised $1,300 for the local Shop with a Cop program, which enables local officers to provide kids with a holiday shopping experience they ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's challenge of the Trump administration's military deployment in Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday for a brief hearing after an appeals court handed President Donald Trump a key procedural win. U.S. District Judge Charles ...
JENA, La. (AP) — Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed after 104 days by a judge's ruling after becoming a symbol of President Donald Trump 's clampdown on campus protests. The former Columbia University graduate student left a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration's efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students, delivering the Ivy League school another victory as it challenges multiple government sanctions amid a battle with the White House. The ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with e-cigarette companies on Friday in a ruling making it easier to sue over Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking their products from the multibillion-dollar vaping market. The 7-2 opinion comes as companies push back against a yearslong ...