PARKERSBURG — Two people were arrested Friday at a Gale Avenue residence after officers found suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine and crack cocaine. The Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force, assisted by the Parkersburg Police Special Response Team, executed a search warrant at a residence at 501 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs today, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. The decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping "reciprocal" ...
PARKERSBURG — A Missouri man is in custody at the North Central Regional Jail after being extradited from Oklahoma on child pornography charges. He could face charges in Ohio as well. According to a post from the Parkersburg Police Department’s Facebook page, William Lee Santos, 38, of ...
MARIETTA — Seventeen people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week, including 10 facing methamphetamine-related charges. Those indicted include: * Daniel Ross Snider, 55, 1424 Rector Road, Parkersburg; fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs, ...
VIENNA — Lt. Josh Cole has been selected as Vienna’s next police chief. Cole will assume his new office following acknowledgement by Vienna City Council at its Feb. 26 meeting and be sworn in after the retirement of Chief Carl Powell in April, according to a release posted to the city’s ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between Oct. 21-25, 2024: * Bruner Land Company Inc. to Deborah and Kristopher Blough, tract 86 acres less exception with exhibit, Walker District, $135,000. * Robert Tebay Jr. and R. Kent Tebay (indirect) to Bolts ...
CHARLESTON - Christian Gale Biles, 21, of Vienna pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. As part of his guilty plea, Biles admitted that he knew a package delivered to his residence by the U.S. Postal Service in March 2024 contained ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between Oct. 14-18, 2024: * Jennie Ankrom to Brett Saffell, Lot one acre West Virginia 21, Williams District, $144,000. * Diana Rayburn and Phillip Rayburn (indirect) to Diana Rayburn, Lot 1 R G Campbell subdivision ...
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of a U.S. government decision to reunite her with her Afghan family. The decision likely ends a bitter, yearslong legal battle over the girl's fate. In 2020, a ...
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 ...