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Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Oct. 2: * Larry Robert Koehler, 703 ½ Locust St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to keeping a residence for the use of a controlled substances, fined $186.48 and sentenced to nine months in jail which was ...

Man accused of ax attack in Randolph County

VALLEY HEAD, W.Va. — A Fairmont man is facing a felony battery charge after allegedly throwing a hunting axe at a man’s head, and instead hitting his hand. Shaquille Lee Evans, 32, is charged with malicious battery, a felony, and is currently being held at the North Central Regional Jail ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Sept. 30: * Amber Dawn Powell, 509 Ward Place, Parkersburg, had charges of trespassing and shoplifting dismissed as the defendant is deceased. * John Jason Leigh Cline, 11 Fox Hill Terrace, Parkersburg, ...

Final order expected soon in Raleigh County religious vaccine exemption case

CHARLESTON – A final order could come by the end of November in the case brought by a Raleigh County parent against state and local education officials to accept the religious vaccine exemption granted to her child by the West Virginia Department of Health. Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Judge ...

Washington County Grand Jury indicts 21 Wednesday

MARIETTA — The Washington County Grand Jury indicted 21 individuals Wednesday at the Washington County Courthouse. Those indicted include: * Heather Dawn Carter, 42, 9555 S. Calhoun Highway, Millstone, W.Va.; aggravated trafficking in drugs, a fourth-degree felony, and aggravated ...