WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick resolution. The justices' order maintains a hold on preparations for a trial focused on ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia said Wednesday they have opened a criminal investigation into a 911 call that triggered a traffic stop involving the state highways chief. Charleston Police Chief Scott Dempsey said in a statement that information relayed to police that ...
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son. A judge handed down the sentence on Monday to Walter Richardson, 36, of Fairmont during a brief hearing, WBOY-TV reported. ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 14: * Lindsey Nicole Morrison, Parkersburg, had charged of domestic battery and interference with emergency services dismissed in open court. * Michael David Sams, Lot 60 Meadowbrook Acres, Parkersburg, ...
VIENNA — The Vienna Police Department released the following reports Feb. 8: Jan. 25 * Jennie M. Burdette, of Vienna, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, obstructing, leaving the scene, left of center and driving on a revoked license. Jan. 30 * Devon J. Johnson, of ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 13: * Samantha Nicholle Miller, 4216 Jefferson St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to a third-offense driving on a suspended, fined $326.48 and sentenced to 90 days in jail which was suspended and she was ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Donald Trump's New York hush-money criminal case asked a judge Monday to impose a gag order on the former president ahead of next month's trial, citing what they called his "long history of making public and inflammatory remarks" about people involved in his ...
BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports Friday: Feb. 14 * Kenneth G. Burdette, 57, of Parkersburg, was cited for expired registration. * Michael E. Smith, 36, of Belpre, was cited for expired registration. Feb. 15 * Tracey D. Boggs, 46, of Belpre, was ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Feb. 5 through Feb. 9: * William C. Carez and Michele L. Carez (indirect) to Morgan Taylor Lewis, lot 28 section D. Wildwood subdivision less right of way, Lubeck District, $140,000. * Kimberly Renee Sigman to Kimberly Renee Sigman and Ebby ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Feb. 5 through Feb. 9: * Kathryn E. Hayhurst to Alaro LLC, lot 108 Fairground Park addition, Parkersburg City District, $80,000. * River City Rentals LLC to Leecos LLC, lot three and part lot 14 J. W. Dudley’s addition and lot 24 and ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization's money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New York jury ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police on Friday released video of the moments before and after a fight in an Oklahoma high school bathroom where the mother of a nonbinary student says the 16-year-old was knocked to the floor, and in a 911 call their mother made the next day she expressed concern about ...
When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind. By citing verses from the Bible and Christian theologians in his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker alarmed advocates for church-state ...
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia inmate accused of killing his cellmate during an attack at Southern Regional Jail has entered a plea agreement. Lucas Matthew Wagnar, 29, entered a Kennedy plea on Wednesday to second-degree murder in the 2022 death of Douglas Alan Cunningham, 79, The ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The man who killed two Minnesota police officers and a firefighter-paramedic opened fire on officers without warning while they were inside his house, after they had been negotiating with him for around 3 1/2 hours, investigators revealed Thursday. Officers inside ...
An Ohio mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated murder. Kristel Candelario, 32, also pleaded guilty to child endangerment as part of a plea deal with Cuyahoga County ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County property transfers from Jan. 29-Feb. 2: * Mark M. Ruff and Jill M. Ruff to J.M. Rentals of Marietta LLC, lot 24 corrected plat H. C. Henderson’s addition, Williamstown, quitclaim deed. * David K. Cutright to Appalachian Homes LLC, lot 28 Lubeck Heights addition, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday as the Environmental Protection Agency sought to continue enforcing an anti-air-pollution rule in 11 states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country. The EPA's "good neighbor" rule is ...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands in a move that could open the door to future coal sales from vast, publicly owned reserves of the fuel that's a major source of climate-changing greenhouse gases. The ruling ...
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won't find out until next month at the earliest whether he can challenge extradition to the U.S. on spying charges, or if his long legal battle in Britain has run out of road. Two High Court judges said Wednesday they would take time to ...