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 ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Nov. 25: * Sonte Coventry Butler, 534 Fifth St., Parkersburg, had probable cause found on a charge of manufacture or possess controlled substance with intent to deliver Schedule I or II, and the case was transferred to ...
PARKERSBURG — The following divorce petitions were filed in December with the Wood County Circuit Clerk’s Office: * Taryn Lynn Luckey and Jason Librado Luckey * Brent Douglas Henke and Megan Elizabeth Henke * Alexis Leeann Martin and Joseph Dalton Martin * Audrey Diane Thompson and ...
MARLINGTON — A Randolph County man was found guilty Monday of involuntary manslaughter and two other charges after firing a gun into a Durbin home in 2025, resulting in the death of a man inside the residence. After a seven-day trial, a jury found Jason Franklin Brickles, 48, of Valley Head, ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors can't seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration's bid to see him executed for what it called a "premeditated, cold-blooded ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Nov. 24: * Casey Tyler Lang, 1461 Montgomery Hill Road, Walker, was arraigned on a charge of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and held on a $1,000 surety bond. * Charles Ray Buck ...
PARKERSBURG — The following divorce petitions were filed in November with the Wood County Circuit Clerk’s Office: * Matthew Allen Doster and Jessika Maree Doster * Carrie Ann Bowers and Michael Paul Bowers * Abigail Faith Parker and Kenneth James Parker * Victoria Lynn Underwood and ...
PARKERSBURG – A suspect was arrested Sunday by the Wood County Sheriff’s Officer after allegedly stabbing another man. Jackie L. Barker, 63, no known address, was charged with malicious assault, Sheriff Rick Woodyard said. According to a post on the Wood County Sheriff’s Office Facebook ...
RIPLEY - A Ripley woman was arrested Sunday night and is being charged with one count of terrorist threats, a post on the Jackson County Sheriff's Facebook said. The post said following a detailed investigation by deputies and the Jackson County Bureau of Investigations, Morgan L. Morrow, 39, ...
MARIETTA — One man was killed Friday night in an accident in Meigs County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Anthony Delong, 35, of Surfside Beach, S.C., was killed when the 2016 Dodge Durango he was driving collided with a 1994 Peterbilt tractor trailer driven by Kenny Mast, 28, ...
MARIETTA — The Washington County Grand Jury returned indictments against 21 defendants on Thursday, many involving drug charges. The indictments included: * David Lee Binegar, 58, 940 Coal Run Road, Marietta; aggravated possession of drugs, fifth-degree felony. * Patrick Dandrae Quorda ...
VIENNA — A Vienna man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a methamphetamine distribution investigation, the Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force announced. Agents of the task force and the Vienna Police Department executed a search warrant at 1010 38th St., Vienna, around 9 a.m. ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Nov. 21: * Declan A. Reynolds, 749 Greene St., Apt. A, Marietta, pleaded guilty to a seat belt violation and assessed $25. * Angelica Leah Miracle, 247 Dublin Drive, Mineral Wells, pleaded no contest to cell phone ...
PARKERSBURG — The following divorce petitions were filed in October with the Wood County Circuit Clerk’s Office: * Nicole Donelle Chutes and Shane Micheal Chutes * Robert M. Shepherd and Dianna Shepherd * Ryan William Cain and Maddie Michelle Cain * Jennifer Winter and James D. ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A former Uvalde schools police officer was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he failed in his duties to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary during the critical first minutes of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Jurors deliberated for ...