PARKERSBURG — The woman who arranged the drug buy that led to the death of a Parkersburg man testified Wednesday that they only planned to rob the man who was bringing them marijuana, but she became scared after the man was shot and soon died. Opening arguments and testimony began ...
Washington County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Mark Warden, left, and former Washington County Jail Administrator Greg Nohe, right, both running for Washington County Sheriff, answer questions asked by Washington State College of Ohio Vice President of Academic Affairs Sarah Parker, center, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of former President Donald Trump's attempt to return to the White House is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump's appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Feb. 1: * Sasha Rachel Smith, no address given, was arraigned on a charge of being a fugitive from justice out of Yavapai County, Arizona, on charges of criminal impersonation and DUI aggravated with driver’s ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County property transfers from Jan. 22 through Jan. 26: * Travis E. Rector (also known as Travis R. Rector) and Jessica E. Rector to MOV Properties LLC, lot 32 Hill-N-Dale addition number two, Williamstown District, $107,000. * Daniel E. Whytsell to Joseph Whytsell, ...
AMMA, W.Va. — Two people were arrested in Roane County after initially fleeing from state troopers in a vehicle that had been reported stolen. State troopers were dispatched to the Amma area around 5:30 p.m. Friday to investigate a report of a truck that had been stolen out of Kanawha ...
CHARLESTON — Fourth Judicial Circuit (Wirt and Wood Counties) Judge Jason A. Wharton will sit by temporary assignment on the Supreme Court of Appeals for two cases today. When a Supreme Court Justice is unable to serve in a case, Article VIII Section 2 of the Constitution of West Virginia ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday that rushing a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations seeking to place a package of voter protections on the November ballot is unjustified. In a court filing, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — While sentencing a North Carolina man to prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot, a Republican-appointed judge issued a stark warning: Efforts to portray the mob of Donald Trump's supporters as heroes and play down the violence that unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021, pose a ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Jan. 31: * Sullivan Michael Hill, 2043 Sams Creek Road, Mineral Wells, pleaded guilty to speeding and fined $181.48. * Abigail Nichole Kapple, 502 Thomas St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to speeding in a ...
CHARLESTON — A Charleston man has been sentenced to prison following an arrest in Parkersburg. Samuel Pierre Joseph, 41, of Charleston, was sentenced Friday 22 years and six months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president remains unresolved in the courts. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday vacated the March 4 ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on January 30: * Jack Andrew Rice, 123 Hidden Falls Point, Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty to speeding and fined $186.48. * Raymond Allen Conners, 117 Mt. Clare Rd., Clarksburg, had probable cause found on a charge of ...
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of a Michigan school shooter testified in her own defense Thursday, denying any responsibility for the deaths of four students but also wishing her son would have "killed us instead." "I don't want to say that I'm a victim because I don't want to disrespect ...
Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states in a legal maneuver that could have widespread implications for mail voting before the presidential election in November. A lawsuit filed last week in Mississippi follows a similar one last year in North ...
PARKERSBURG — The following Wood County property transfers were recorded from Jan. 15-16: * Robert O. Watkins, Homer L. Full (indirect) and Delores E. Watkins to Mark O. Watkins and Cynthia A. Watkins, tract 50 acres 105 poles and tract 53 acres 25 poles less exceptions, Lubeck District, ...
HOMESTEAD, Ala. — The driver of a vehicle that struck a car carrying Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chairwoman Gayle Manchin was fleeing from police at the time of Monday’s crash, local law enforcement said. Tradarryl Rishad Boykins, 31, of Birmingham, Ala., was charged Wednesday with ...
PARKERSBURG — A local man who has been on the run for over a day after fleeing Wood County Sheriff’s deputies was arrested Wednesday, according to a press release from the department posted on its Facebook page. David A. Gibson, 30, of Parkersburg, was arrested Wednesday in the 800 block ...
LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man accused of beheading his father in suburban Philadelphia posted a gruesome video on social media that shows him holding up the severed head and railing against the government, authorities said Wednesday. Justin Mohn, 32, who is charged with first-degree murder ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Jan. 26-28: * Amber Elayne Hall, 535 Hill Rd., Bartlett, pleaded no contest to speeding and fined $181.48. * Jayden Lee McMullen, 7 Westview Circle, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to having no operators license ...