RIPLEY – The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a female suspect who was allegedly part of a massive theft from a residence near Evans. The department is involved in an extensive burglary investigation that resulted in two warrants for Samantha Jo Carte and Emily Beth ...
MINERAL WELLS – A young boy fell off a bridge at Woodridge Plantation early Wednesday evening causing serious injuries. The call came over the emergency radio system around 5 p.m. of a 9- to 10-year-old boy who fell 16-feet off of a bridge to the rocks below, dispatchers said. The boy was ...
PARKERSBURG – The West Virginia State Police said Monday that the man who died over the weekend after reportedly exchanging gunfire with Parkersburg and Wood County law enforcement is suspected of killing the woman whose body was found in their shared residence. Miguel Angel Gallegos, 49, of ...
PARKERSBURG – A unit from the West Virginia State Police will begin the probe into a fatal shooting Saturday night in Parkersburg involving police officers and deputies from the Wood County Sheriff's Office, an official said. A crime scene team was headed to Parkersburg on Sunday to begin ...
MARIETTA - Area law enforcement marked the close of National Police Week Friday by laying wreaths on the Peace Officers Memorial outside the Washington County Sheriff's Office at Third and Putnam streets. The sheriff's office website listed local law enforcement officers killed in the line of ...
PARKERSBURG - One person was killed in an officer-involved shooting during an exchange of gunfire with Parkersburg Police and Wood County Sheriff's deputies Saturday night, and another body was found at the scene. The second individual is believed to have been dead prior to officers' initial ...