PARKERSBURG — A Washington County man died Thursday after a wrong-way collision outside Parkersburg. Ishmael Smith, 84, of Little Hocking, was found dead at the scene of the crash around 2:47 p.m. Thursday at mile marker 6 in the eastbound lanes of Robert C. Byrd Highway, according to a ...
PARKERSBURG — A man who fled from police Thursday evening was apprehended early Friday morning. Brandon Cody Burton, 24, of Parkersburg, was charged with fleeing from an officer on foot and fleeing from an officer in a vehicle after being taken into custody, according to a release from the ...
PARKERSBURG — The firearms auction conducted last month by the West Virginia Treasurer’s Office brought in $98,635 for 19 participating law enforcement agencies. Nearly $30,000 of it came back to the Parkersburg Police Department. The department submitted approximately 190 guns that ...
PARKERSBURG — A three-vehicle accident at the six mile marker of U.S. 50 Thursday has taken the life of one driver and sent another to the hospital, according to Wood County Sheriff Rick Woodyard. The Wood County 911 Center said the initial call came in at 2:47 p.m. and that the ...
MADISON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia mother has been charged in the death of her 14-year-old daughter, who was found "emaciated to a skeletal state," according to officials and court documents. The mother was arrested Wednesday and charged with child neglect causing death, Boone County ...
MARIETTA — The Ohio State Highway Patrol will hold an OVI checkpoint will be held today in Washington County, with the location to be announced this morning. The checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers “Based on provisional data, ...
