PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Oct. 29: * Dana Adam Pierson, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to trespassing and fined $196.48. He also pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance (meth), fined $176.48 and sentenced to 120 days in jail ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — Wood County Sheriff Rick Woodyard said a one vehicle accident on Interstate 77 shut down traffic for an hour Wednesday morning. He said at 6:25 a.m. deputies and first responders were dispatched to the 185 mile marker of I-77 in reference to a semi truck accident. Witnesses ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A voter filed a lawsuit against a county in ruby-red West Virginia on Tuesday calling for a special election after close to 700 people cast erroneous ballots that omitted the name of a Democratic state senate candidate. Mingo County voter James Williamson and the ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Oct. 24: * Richard Gene Ballengee, 826 Dickel Ave., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of destruction of property and released on $500 bond. * Andrew Adam Crites, 1008 Swann St., Parkersburg, was arraigned ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Oct. 23: * Zachary Kevin Miller, 1408 20th St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of petit larceny and released on $500 bond. * Shawlonda Louise Sims, 1229 22nd St. 3C, Parkersburg, was arraigned on ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio sheriff's patrol commander who declared on Facebook that he would not help Democrats and would require proof of who a person voted for before providing them aid has apologized, blaming prescribed sleep aids for causing his "out of character" actions. Lt. John ...
CHARLESTON — An attorney representing the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History said a lawsuit filed in August to stop a mural project at the State Capitol Building is meritless and political. Michael Hissam, an attorney with Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie PLLC, filed a motion ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own children. Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison and lost all subsequent appeals. But today, more than three decades later, ...
MARIETTA — The identity of the Marietta City Schools teacher that is facing allegations, and the nature of the allegations, have been revealed according to police records. Christopher Joseph VanReeth, who according to Marietta Municipal Court records is 36 and who lives at 107 Meadow Lane, ...
MORGANTOWN — The Dunbar School Foundation STOP program — a COVID-19 program created to serve the African-American population in Marion and surrounding counties and funded through federal COVID funds channeled through the former Department of Health and Human Resources — is under ...
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation's biggest ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Humane Society is working to care for and rehome 146 dogs after they were removed from a residence Wednesday evening. “I would like to say, I don’t believe it was at all intentional,” Gary McIntyre, executive director of the shelter, said. “It’s ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Oct. 22: * Jerry Lee Maston Jr., 20 Woodland Park Drive, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to third-offense driving on a suspended license, and fined $336.48. He also pleaded guilty to violation of a protective ...
PARKERSBURG — After six years of service with the Wood County Sheriff’s Department, K-9 officer Drago is retiring. On Thursday, the Wood County Commission approved a measure that turns over ownership of the 9-and-a-half-year-old German Shepherd to his handler, Sgt. Taylor Phillips. Drago ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Detachment of the West Virginia State Police and the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on from 6 p.m. to midnight Nov. 21 on West Virginia Route 95 in Parkersburg in the vicinity of the Dollar General Store. The checkpoint ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Oct. 17: * Justin Charles Haynes, Parkersburg, was found not guilty of domestic battery. * Bobby Lee Tincher, 814 Grafton St., Parkersburg, had a preliminary hearing waived on a charge of grand larceny. The ...
DEVOLA — The person who died Oct. 20 in a boating accident on the Muskingum River has been identified, according to an Ohio Department of Natural Resources report. David Lyle Lashley, 55, of Ohio, address not listed, was the man who died in the accident, according to an ODNR case report ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court delivered a blow to Republican Attorney General Dave Yost on Wednesday, ruling that he overstepped his authority by rejecting a voting-related amendment's ballot petition solely because he objected to the title. In a unanimous decision, the court ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Grand Jury on Tuesday issued indictments against 18 people. They are: * Virgil Denver Adkins, 46, currently held in the North Central Regional Jail, was chArged with destruction of property and domestic assault that occurred in August. * Brian Allen Allman, ...
MARIETTA — A Marietta man was arrested last week on charges of attempted murder, felonious assault and child endangerment stemming from a 2019 incident for which he was already serving a 14-year prison sentence, after his guilty plea was recently vacated. Jonathan Lee Hearn, 52, was ...