CHARLESTON (AP) — A former finance manager of a nonprofit organization that assists West Virginia disaster victims was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for the theft of $871,000 from the group. Benjamin Cisco, 30, of Charleston was sentenced in federal court for his May ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden's son pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal tax charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal that could have spared him the spectacle of a criminal trial during the 2024 campaign. Hunter Biden has been accused of nine felony and misdemeanor tax ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Police Department released the following reports on Jan. 10: * From Jan. 5 to Jan.9, the department responded to 464 calls for service, issued 48 traffic citations and completed 79 reports. Jan. 5 * Officers responded to Unity Plaza for a larceny; Broadway ...
VIENNA — The Vienna Police Department released the following reports on Jan. 2: Dec. 24 * Kenneth D. Burrell II, of Beckley, was arrested on a charge of first-offense shoplifting and warrants for obtaining money, property or services by false pretenses; taking the identity of another ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Jan. 5-7: * Wesley Adam Blackwell, 425 Harris Hwy., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license, having no insurance and fined $852.96. A charge of accidents involving damage to a vehicle was ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia state health office manager who was indicted on charges related to coronavirus pandemic relief payments is due to enter a plea later this month. Timothy Priddy is set to appear in federal court on Jan. 22, a day before his trial had been ...
VIENNA — The Vienna Police Department released the following reports Dec. 19: Dec. 12 * Robin J. Richards, of Coolville, was arrested on two counts of shoplifting. Dec. 14 * Olivia F. Deems, of Vienna, was arrested on a shoplifting warrant. * Eric S. Vest, of Vienna, was arrested on ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Jan. 4: * Jimmy Maglaire 100 E. Broadway St., Jackson, pleaded guilty to failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and fined $196.48. * Christina Faith Cogar, 1031 32nd St., Vienna, pleaded guilty to ...
RIPLEY — A Jackson County man was charged with one count of child abuse resulting in injury over the weekend, Jackson County Sheriff Ross H. Mellinger said on the Sheriff’s Department Facebook page via video Monday. John Michael Tames, 24, Ripley, was arraigned and brought to the South ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge late Saturday said former President Donald Trump's lawyers can't present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial on a jury's conclusion last year that he didn't rape a columnist in the mid-1990s. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 26: * Robyn Michele Hopkins, 233 Captain Parker Trail, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to speeding and fined $181.48. * Dale Robert Wiggins Jr., 705 Barkley St., Belpre, pleaded guilty to hunting/fishing ...
PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man was arrested Thursday on multiple charges of breaking and entering, grand larceny, and possession with intent to distribute, the Parkersburg Police Department announced Friday via Facebook post. The post said Andrew James Caplinger, 30, of Parkersburg, was ...
CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty Thursday to concealing, harboring and shielding an alien from detection, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia said. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 10, 2010, Frederick Sayre Anderson, 63, ...
RENO — One man was killed in a fire early Friday morning in Newport Township, according to the chief of the Reno Volunteer Fire Department. The identity of the adult male was not released. The fire occurred around 2 a.m. at a single-family dwelling in the 2300 block of Sandhill Road, Fire ...
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio — An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper received an award Friday for saving a person’s life. Trooper David R. Handschumacher was honored Friday with the Superintendent’s Citation of Merit award at the OSHP District Headquarters in Cambridge. Colonel Charles A. Jones ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers increased their request for penalties to over $370 million Friday in Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial. He retorted, "They should pay me." The exchange came as lawyers for both sides filed papers highlighting their takeaways from the trial in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the court squarely in the 2024 presidential campaign. The justices acknowledged the need to ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies sued Ohio on Friday over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps. The law was part of an $86.1 billion state budget bill that Republican Gov. ...
PARKERSBURG — On Jan. 3, officers of the Parkersburg Police Department responded to 92 calls for service, issued 12 traffic citations, and completed 15 reports. * Officers responded to George Street in reference to a residence check. * Officers responded to Terra Lane in reference to ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Jan. 2: * Jason Stuart Mills, 4 Mitchells Way, Washington, pleaded guilty to driving on a revoked license and fined $276.48. * Jacob Allen Marshall, 29524 Sawyers Run Road, Coolville, pleaded guilty to having ...