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 ...
MARIETTA — Authorities have released more information about the body that was discovered on the west bank of the Muskingum River in Harmar on Tuesday evening. According to Marietta Police Captain Ryan Huffman the body was discovered by a coach. “A coach for the Marietta College crew team ...
CHARLESTON — A Virginia-based bank that loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice has successfully moved a lawsuit by the governor to stop the collection from West Virginia to Virginia. U.S. District Judge Frank W. Volk issued a memorandum opinion and ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police began peacefully arresting student protesters at the University of Southern California Wednesday evening, hours after police at a Texas university violently took dozens of demonstrators into custody in the latest clashes between law enforcement and those ...
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring ...
BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports: April 8 * Everett Swiger, 43, of Parkersburg, was arrested and transported to Washington County Jail on fail to appear warrants for the charges of driving under OVI suspension and expired registration. April 9 * Kelly ...
PARKERSBURG – The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on April 15: * Christina Joy Martin, 30 Iron stone Ct. Apt. F, Annapolis, Md., pleaded guilty to shoplifting and fined $201.48. She was ordered to pay a $139.66 civil penalty to the Walmart store in Vienna. * ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between March 11-15: * Jordan Thornhill to Isaac C. Colgrove, part tract lot 13 Camden Farms addition number two and lot 0.20 acres Stella Street less right of way, Parkersburg City District, $70,000. * Elmer LLC ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial. "This was a planned, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking. It's the most significant case before the high court in decades on the ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on April 12-14: * Robert Joseph Brown, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of domestic battery and held on $1,000 bond. * Joshua Arthur Goodwin, 39 Triana Lane, Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of driving ...
PARKERSBURG — Investigation of a shooting Saturday resulted in the arrests of four people, including the victim. Parkersburg Police officers were dispatched shortly after 8 a.m. to an apartment in the 1600 block of Tygart Street for a report of a shooting with injuries, a release from the ...
PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers were recorded in Wood County between March 11-15: * Clifford R. Lynch (also known as Clifford Lynch), Iva Marie Lynch (also known as Marie Lynch), Corda E. Thompson (indirect) and Leslie E. Thompson (indirect) to Virginia Rose Morrison, lot ...
CHICAGO (AP) — As President Joe Biden and Donald Trump step up their campaigning in swing states, a quieter battle is taking place in the shadows of their White House rematch. The Republican National Committee, newly reconstituted under Trump, has filed election-related lawsuits in nearly ...