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Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG - Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Oct. 8: * Charuss Edward Drummond, Kings Row Court Lot 52, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to petit larceny, assessed $401.48 and sentenced to 30 days jail credit as time served. Charges of failure to fingerprint and petit ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG - Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Oct. 6: * Krista Lynn McCarty, 1792 Lake Washington Road, Washington, W.Va., had charges of pedestrian on roadway when sidewalk provided, fleeing, failure to fingerprint, two counts of violation of a protective order ...

2 people transported after crash closes westbound U.S. 50

PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Sheriff’s Office was investigating an accident Wednesday involving a tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle. In a post on its Facebook page, the Sheriff’s Office said the accident happened at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday at the 4-mile mark on U.S. 50 west, just ...

Judge grants permanent injunction in favor of religious vaccine exemptions

CHARLESTON – A Raleigh County judge issued his official written ruling Wednesday, siding with parents against state and local education officials over their refusal to accept religious exemptions to West Virginia’s school-age vaccine law. The order by 14th Judicial Circuit Judge Michael ...