PARKERSBURG – A woman charged over the weekend with first-degree murder told 911 dispatchers a man attempted to touch her inappropriately before she shot him, court records show. Claudia Lynn Torres, 19, of 324 Stealey Ave., Clarksburg, is being held without bond at the North Central ...
PARKERSBURG – A Clarksburg woman was arrested after an early morning shooting that left a man dead, Parkersburg Police announced. Claudia Lynn Torres, 19, of Clarksburg, is in custody at the Wood County Holding Center pending arraignment on a charge of first-degree murder, according to a ...
CHARLESTON — The U.S. Department of Justice says it is suing five states, including West Virginia, over failing to produce their full voter registration lists upon request. The filing by the department’s Civil Rights Division also includes Kentucky, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Utah, and was ...
PARKERSBURG — A former local swimming coach was sentenced Friday to five to 25 years in prison on sexual abuse charges. David Andrew Adams, 38, of Parkersburg, was sentenced by Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jason Wharton to not less than one nor more than five years on each of five counts ...
A West Virginia woman was sentenced to up to life in prison Wednesday in the death of her teenage daughter whose emaciated body was found at their home in a case that prompted scrutiny of the state's overwhelmed child welfare system. Julie Miller will be eligible for parole after serving 15 ...
WHEELING — When West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Thomas Ewing discusses the overarching philosophies that guide him on the bench, he hearkens back to his days as an athlete. There are many of those, first as a multisport star at Midland Trail High School and then as a four-year stalwart ...
PARKERSBURG — Two people were arrested Friday at a Gale Avenue residence after officers found suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine and crack cocaine. The Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force, assisted by the Parkersburg Police Special Response Team, executed a search warrant at a residence at 501 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs today, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. The decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping "reciprocal" ...
PARKERSBURG — A Missouri man is in custody at the North Central Regional Jail after being extradited from Oklahoma on child pornography charges. He could face charges in Ohio as well. According to a post from the Parkersburg Police Department’s Facebook page, William Lee Santos, 38, of ...
MARIETTA — Seventeen people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week, including 10 facing methamphetamine-related charges. Those indicted include: * Daniel Ross Snider, 55, 1424 Rector Road, Parkersburg; fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs, ...
VIENNA — Lt. Josh Cole has been selected as Vienna’s next police chief. Cole will assume his new office following acknowledgement by Vienna City Council at its Feb. 26 meeting and be sworn in after the retirement of Chief Carl Powell in April, according to a release posted to the city’s ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between Oct. 21-25, 2024: * Bruner Land Company Inc. to Deborah and Kristopher Blough, tract 86 acres less exception with exhibit, Walker District, $135,000. * Robert Tebay Jr. and R. Kent Tebay (indirect) to Bolts ...
CHARLESTON - Christian Gale Biles, 21, of Vienna pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. As part of his guilty plea, Biles admitted that he knew a package delivered to his residence by the U.S. Postal Service in March 2024 contained ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between Oct. 14-18, 2024: * Jennie Ankrom to Brett Saffell, Lot one acre West Virginia 21, Williams District, $144,000. * Diana Rayburn and Phillip Rayburn (indirect) to Diana Rayburn, Lot 1 R G Campbell subdivision ...
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of a U.S. government decision to reunite her with her Afghan family. The decision likely ends a bitter, yearslong legal battle over the girl's fate. In 2020, a ...
POMEROY — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle crash into the Ohio River that was reported at about 8:40 p.m. Monday in Pomeroy. According to the patrol, a vehicle traveling westbound on East Main Street drove off the right side of the roadway, struck a utility pole ...
RIPLEY — A Ripley man will be spending years in prison for his role in the death of an infant. John Tames, 24, of Ripley was sentenced Friday on charges of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death in the death of a 3-month-old child, named Everly, who died in January 2024. He ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for the federal government have until next Thursday to reach an agreement with human rights lawyers who are seeking to ensure the right to counsel for people detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota, a judge said Friday. Advocates ...
MARIETTA — 12 people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week, including a Marietta man indicted with over a dozen counts of rape involving multiple individuals, including two minors. Thomas Larry Brown II, 44, 213 Broughton Avenue, Marietta, was indicted on 14 charges of ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Nov. 26: * Cheyenne Nathasha Nickole Kirl, 110 Spruce St., Elizabeth, had a preliminary hearing waived for a charge of manufacture or possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver a Schedule I or ...