BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports: April 8 * Everett Swiger, 43, Parkersburg, was arrested and transported to Washington County Jail on fail to appear warrants on charges of driving under OVI suspension and expired registration. April 9 * Kelly M. Wells, ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on April 23: * James Richard Childers, 87 Mettacrest Circle, Waverly, pleaded guilty to improper passing and fined $186.48. A charge of having no proof of insurance was dismissed. * Jerry Lee Kitch, 6811 ...
MARIETTA — One person was killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle accident on State Route 83 in Morgan County, the Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Mark A. Cary, 42, of Caldwell, operating a 2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 motorcycle, was killed shortly after 11 a.m. near ...
NEW CONCORD — The Ohio State Highway Patrol will hold regional testing for prospective applicants at 9 a.m. June 20 at the Henry D. Bullock Health & Wellness Complex at Muskingum University at New Concord. Participants can speak with troopers and those who meet the basic requirements to ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey shows. More sworn officers were hired in 2023 ...
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — Richelle Dietz, a mother of two and wife of a U.S. Navy officer, often thinks about water. The family, stationed in Honolulu, spends more than $120 a month on jugs of bottled water for drinking, cooking and cleaning, as well as showerhead and ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on April 22: * Aaron Luke Cross, 52 Dempsie Ave., Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, wanton endangerment with a firearm and use of a firearm ...
PARKERSBURG — The lawsuit of a deputy against a former Wood County Sheriff and others has been settled, according to county officials. A settlement has been reached between the county and Deputy Tasha Allen (Hewitt), according to paperwork filed in the United States District Court for the ...
MARIETTA — Marietta police have released the identity of a man whose body was found in the Harmar area of Marietta on Tuesday. The body was found by a Marietta College crew team coach on the west bank of the Muskingum River off Gilman Avenue just south of the Washington Street Bridge between ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Rivers Coalition announced Friday its intent to file a lawsuit against The Chemours Company FC LLC for ongoing violations of the Clean Water Act at its Washington Works facility. The coalition is taking this action to safeguard public health from hazardous PFAS ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's defense team attacked the credibility of prosecutors' first witness in his hush money case on Friday, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme to bury negative stories to protect the Republican's 2016 presidential campaign. On the witness stand for a ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities revealed Friday the conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges filed against an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump and four attorneys in Arizona's fake elector case, but the names of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani remained ...
Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. Officers had shocked him with a Taser and pinned him as he pleaded that he couldn't ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on April 19-21: * Terry L. Williams, 71 Lantana Lane, Parkersburg, pleaded no contest to electronically distracted driving and fined $100. * Holly Christina Stanley, 1359 Little Kanawha River Road, Parkersburg, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. But when it came to the seamy claims by ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation for calling her claim that he had sexually assaulted her in a ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who was handcuffed and left facedown on the floor of a social club last week died in police custody, and the officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave. Police body-camera footage released Wednesday shows a Canton police officer responding ...
VIENNA — The Vienna Police Department released the following reports April 23: April 15 * Keryn A. Miller, of Marietta, was arrested on a warrant for third-offense shoplifting. April 20 * Stephanie D. McCumbers, of Parkersburg, was arrested on a charge of domestic battery. April 21 * ...
CHARLESTON — After being handed a defeat last week by a federal appeals court panel, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday he would defend West Virginia’s law banning transgender girls and women from playing in female sports to the nation’s highest court. In a press conference ...