WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear an appeal that could upend hundreds of charges stemming from the Capitol riot, including against former President Donald Trump. The justices will review a charge of obstruction of an official proceeding that has been ...
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (AP) — Police responding to a domestic incident at a West Virginia home early Wednesday fatally shot a man who was armed with a knife, authorities said. Officers from St. Albans and Nitro police departments responded to a call shortly after midnight in St. Albans, ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 7: * Leisa Dawn Luse, 1163 Society Hill Road, Mineral Wells, had charges of operating a vehicle without an inspection certificate and having no proof of insurance dismissed. He provided proof of both to ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Oct. 9-Oct. 13: * Rex Eugene Longwell (affiant) to Charles Edward Longwell (affiant) and Estate of Josephine Ruth Longwell to Rex Eugene Longwell and Charles Edward Longwell, lot 4 block 25 Edgewater addition number two and two strips with ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on December 8-10: * Tina Louise McElfresh, 178 Bentley Road, Walker, pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license and fined $276.48. She also was arraigned on two counts of possession of a controlled substance ...
BELPRE — The Belpre Police Department released the following reports on Dec. 10. Nov. 25 * Joshua D. Fortney, 48, Barlow, was cited for driving under suspension and reckless operation. Nov. 28 * Ciara J. Lamp, 24, Belpre, was served a summons through Belpre Mayor’s Court for the charge ...
PARKERSBURG — Frontier Local School District was among school systems in Ohio receiving email messages sent to principals Sunday about explosives being placed in school buildings, according to a release from Washington County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Mark Warden. In Wood County, a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for two Georgia election workers played audio recordings in a Washington courtroom Monday of graphic and racist threats the two women received after Rudy Giuliani falsely accused them of fraud while pushing Donald Trump's baseless claims after the 2020 election. The ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky law aimed at setting up a funding method for charter schools was struck down by a judge on Monday, dealing another setback for school choice advocates. The decision likely stymies efforts, for now, to give charter schools a foothold in the Bluegrass State. ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached Monday ...
PARKERSBURG — Fifty bikes were given to children in need in the community on Saturday at the Judge Black Annex in downtown Parkersburg in the annual Wood County Deputy Sheriffs Association’s Bikes for Tykes program. For 15 years, the association has collected donations throughout the year ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn't ruled out if voters return him to the ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. The suit, filed in ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An appeals court in West Virginia on Friday reversed a $7 million award in a product liability lawsuit against the Ford Motor Co. to the family of a woman who died when her Ford Mustang was involved in a fiery crash. The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals ...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A federal inmate in West Virginia was found guilty in the fatal stabbing of another inmate on Friday. Stephen C. Crawford, 44, was formerly housed at USP Hazelton. Crawford was convicted in U.S. District Court on charges of voluntary manslaughter, assault with a ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 4: * Gavin Cayde Kujava, 342 Mitchells Lane, Washington, pleaded guilty to having no insurance and fined $436.48. A charge of having an expired license was dismissed, per a plea agreement. * Marjae ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by a group of states alleges the NCAA's transfer rule for college athletes violates antitrust law. The lawsuit, filed in West Virginia's northern district, challenges the NCAA's authority to impose a one-year delay in the eligibility of ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil fraud trial Thursday to spotlight his defense, renewing his complaints that the case is baseless and heaping praise on an accounting professor's testimony that backed him up. With testimony winding down after more than two ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of opportunities to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Lawyers for the 2024 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election. The new charges — three felonies and six ...