PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Aug. 8: * Joshua Ray Barton, 941 Swann St., Apt. 3, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to two counts of shoplifting and was assessed a combined $552.96. He was ordered to pay civil penalties of $50 to the Marathon in ...
BECKLEY — After four days of hearings spread out between September and October, a decision of whether to grant a permanent injunction for a group of Raleigh County parents seeking to force local and state education officials into accepting their religious exemptions to West Virginia’s ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program and law enforcement statewide will conduct the Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement mobilization from today through the end of the month. This mobilization is part of the GHSP’s continual efforts to increase seat ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Aug. 6: * James Patrick Owens, 130 Meadows Mobile Home Park, Parkersburg, had a charge of violating a protective order dismissed since he was to be indicted on a felony strangulation charge. * Mark Christopher Brown, ...
A judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a "danger of rebellion" is brewing in Illinois during Trump's immigration crackdown. It's a victory for Democratic officials who lead the state ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday in a mortgage fraud case that President Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to bring after vowing retribution against some of his biggest political enemies. James, a Democrat who infuriated Trump after his ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida ordered the man charged in California's deadly Palisades Fire to remain jailed Thursday after a prosecutor said he had traits of an arsonist and his family had worried about his declining mental state. In ordering Jonathan Rinderknecht to be ...
Illinois urged a judge Thursday to order the National Guard to stand down in the Chicago area, calling the deployment a constitutional crisis and suggesting the Trump administration gave no heed to the pending legal challenge when it sent troops overnight to an immigration enforcement ...
BECKLEY — A Raleigh County judge granted class action status to the more than 570 students granted religious exemptions to West Virginia’s compulsory vaccine law, with the case likely heading for a final conclusion as soon as today. Wednesday marked the resumption of a hearing after a ...
MARIETTA — A Marietta man arrested as part of a statewide human trafficking crackdown was one of 15 people indicted this week by the Washington County Grand Jury. Cory James Noel, 28, 107 Howard St., Marietta, was indicted on 20 second-degree felony counts of pandering sexually oriented ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Aug. 4: * Charuss Edward Drummond, Parkersburg, had a preliminary hearing waived on charges of grand larceny and third-offense domestic assault. The case was sent to Wood County Circuit Court. * Julie Ann ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department's efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump, with lawyers for the former FBI director saying they plan to argue the prosecution is politically motivated ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Wednesday he was troubled that partisanship seemed to be "creeping its way into the court," and that the state of political discourse in the country has gotten so vulgar and vile that he worries for the country. The tone of ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were heard in Wood Magistrate Court on July 31: * Diana Lynn Corbin, 2007 16th St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to driving under suspension and assessed $276.48. Corbin pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance without a valid prescription and ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Board of Education is asking the state’s highest court whether lawmakers have any legal authority to approve or reject rules approved by the state board. The state Board of Education filed a lawsuit Friday against Secretary of State Kris Warner seeking a writ ...
GALLIPOLIS — One person was killed in a traffic accident Monday morning near Gallipolis, according to the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Les Clark, 62, of Gallipolis. was driving a 1995 GMC truck south on State Route 7 where he went left of center and struck a northbound ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were heard in Wood County Magistrate Court on July 25: * Larry Robert Koehler, 703 Locust St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to trespassing in a condemned structure, sentenced to 60 days jail suspended for six months unsupervised probation and assessed ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois leaders went to court Monday to stop President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, escalating a clash between Democratic-led states and the Republican administration during an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation's ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday began a new term that will have a sharp focus on President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive power. Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments over bans ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports July 24: * Colton Dale Poole, 701 33rd St., Parkersburg, waived a preliminary hearing on a third-offense shoplifting charge and the case was transferred to Wood County Circuit Court. A charge of fleeing was ...