WALKER — A 13-year-old girl was killed in a Tuesday night fire in Walker. The name of the individual has not been released, pending an autopsy and positive identification. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The fire broke out in the 5900 block of Walker Road Tuesday evening ...
CHARLESTON — Not giving up, a Texas presidential write-in candidate is appealing the dismissal of his suit to keep former Republican U.S. President Donald Trump off of West Virginia’s ballot, though it’s likely not the case that will decide the issue. Texas resident and write-in ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Sheriff’s Department is warning local residents of a scam where callers are pretending to be with the department and telling people they owe them money. In a Facebook post on its Facebook page, the department warns about callers claiming to be with the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith asked a judge on Wednesday to bar Donald Trump's lawyers from injecting politics into the former president's trial on charges that he schemed to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Smith's office told U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in a ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 21-25: * Eric Shane Vest, Vienna, pleaded guilty to fleeing from law enforcement and fined $176.48 and sentenced to 10 days in jail which was ruled as time served. A charge of public intoxication was ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 20: * Tammy Sue Drake, 3709 12th Ave., Vienna had charges of having no registration and no MVI dismissed after proof was presented to the court. * Mark Aaron McIntyre, 65 Beardsley Road, Lowell, pleaded ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Nov. 27 through Dec. 1: * Michael Fordyce and Alisha Fordyce to William C. Cottrell and Mary C. Haislep, lot seven Highland Park addition, Parkersburg City District, $40,000. * Robert E. Parrish and Judith A. Parrish to Adam Farmery and ...
PARKERSBURG — A lawsuit by a former Wood County deputy against a former sheriff continues to move forward with new motions made. In early November, attorneys for former Wood County Sheriff’s Sgt. Della Matheny, the Wood County Commission, the Wood County Sheriff’s Department and former ...
PARKERSBURG — The case of a court officer who has sued a former sheriff for emotional distress for taking time off to care for his sick wife while the sheriff allegedly was pressuring him to return to work is continuing. Mark Harris filed suit in late 2021 against the Wood County Commission ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Nov. 27 through Dec. 1: * Amanda Wynn to Alan Russell Crouch, surface only lot three J. W. Dils heirs addition number three, Parkersburg City District, $89,000. * Lanae D. Dailey to Joe F. Campbell Jr. and Catherine M. Campbell, lot 16 and ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in Maine's deadliest mass shooting feared that doing so would "throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas," according to video released Friday by law enforcement. The video, ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 18: * Amanda Erin Vaughn, 116 Canterbury Dr., Parkersburg, had charges of possession of a controlled substance without a valid prescription (two counts) dismissed as the charges will be refiled. * Lestie ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Nov. 27 through Dec. 1: * Richard Timothy Murphy to Premier Property Investments LLC, part tract lots 11 and 12 Packard Square Phase II, Parkersburg City District, $115,000. * Nancy E. Engelike (trustee) and Alvin L. Engelike (trustee) to ...
PARKERSBURG — Three new officers took the oath to become police officers with the Parkersburg Police Department. Michael McMullen, Cody Moore and Cole Plants took their oaths to join the department on Thursday during a swearing-in ceremony held in Parkersburg City Council chambers before ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, acknowledging severe financial strain exacerbated by his pursuit of former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election and a jury's verdict last week requiring him to pay $148 million to two former Georgia election ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump touts his transformation of the U.S. Supreme Court as one of his presidency's greatest accomplishments. Now his legal and political future may lie in the hands of the court he pushed to the right. With three Trump-appointed justices leading a conservative ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 15-17: * Jimmy Duane Dailey, 403 11th St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to shoplifting and fined $181.48. She was ordered to pay a $14.58 civil penalty to the Sheetz store on Ann Street in Parkersburg. * ...
CHARLESTON – Unlike in Colorado, a case brought in federal court to keep former Republican president Donald Trump off of the primary and general election ballots in West Virginia was dismissed. In a memorandum opinion and order released Thursday evening, U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Nov. 20 through Nov. 24: * Linda G. Nelson to Christohper D. Bennett, tract 6/11 acres Nicolette Road with exhibit, Clay District, $2,000, quit claim deed. * Debbie Ann Wilson (deceased), small estate intestate. * Jocelyn N. Carter ...
PARKERSBURG — A foundation wanting to keep church and state functions separate has asked a Wood County Circuit judge to provide another option for people in drug and alcohol treatment outside of Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous due to what the group believes to be religious ...