CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail. Mark Holdren entered a plea agreement in U.S. District Court in which ...
PARKERSBURG — A former Wood County physical education teacher pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault against an underage girl in the 2017-2018 school year. Nathan Dell Cunningham, 35, of Parkersburg, had a plea hearing held Tuesday in the court of Wood County Circuit Court Judge ...
MARIETTA — A Washington County Grand Jury indicted a Lowell man for his involvement in an October standoff Wednesday afternoon. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team responded to a residence with a distraught individual on the evening of Oct. 27, according to Chief ...
MARIETTA — A Tennessee man was arrested Sunday for his alleged involvement in a stabbing outside of the Adelphia Music Hall in Marietta. Noah W. Mann, 24, of Kodak, Tenn., was arrested and charged with one count of felonious assault, according to a Marietta Police media release. Marietta ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Nov. 4-5: * Nicholas Matthew Knight, 2747 Lost Pavement Road, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to speeding and fined $191.48. * Vu Van Dung, 2727 N Mayfair Rd #D, Milwaukee, Wis., pleaded guilty to speeding and ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education has filed a petition for an emergency injunction relief against the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commision after their reclassification of many high school football teams across the state this year. The petition says Williamstown ...
CHARLESTON — David Eric West II, 42, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty Thursday to possession with intent to deliver quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 8, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Nov. 1-3: * Joshua Vernon Sprouse, 5023 Elmwood Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to failure to obtain a Class N resident and Class NN nonresident antlerless deer hunting stamp and fined $196.48. * Brandon ...
MARIETTA — A man was arrested this week for allegedly assaulting a woman at Mound Cemetery. Dylan Mitchell Sprague, 22, last known address of Marietta, was arrested Monday for his involvement in an alleged assault at Mound Cemetery, according to Marietta Police Captain Aaron Nedeff. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...