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Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Oct. 17: * Randall Paul West, 1721 Spring St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to first-offense shoplifting, was assessed $276.48 and was ordered to pay a $50 civil penalty to Sheetz on Ann Street in Parkersburg. * Adam ...

Belpre Police

BELPRE - The Belpre Police Department released the following reports Dec. 15: Dec. 3 * Jonathan R. Patterson, 43, of Parkersburg, was cited for expired registration. Dec. 6 * Nicholas J. Patterson, 43, of Belpre, was arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail on the charge of ...

West Virginia Supreme Court grants direct review in vaccine lawsuit

WHEELING - The debate over religious exemptions from West Virginia’s school vaccine requirements is headed to the state’s highest court. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday granted a motion for direct review of Raleigh County Circuit Judge Michael Froble’s Nov. 26 order ...

Knight arraigned on murder charge in Parkersburg shooting

PARKERSBURG - The 18-year-old Parkersburg man who is accused of shooting two people in south Parkersburg was arraigned Friday in Doddridge County on a charge of murder after one of the men succumbed to his injuries and passed away Thursday. Butch Wayne Knight, 18, of Parkersburg, has been ...