LITTLE HOCKING — A Little Hocking man was arrested and charged with pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office announced via press release Wednesday. Southeastern Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force and Washington County Sheriff’s Office ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor says it is not within his power to drop a criminal charge against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home, regardless of the pressure being brought to bear by the national attention on her case. Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments in February on whether the Environmental Protection Agency can continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution "good neighbor" rule in 10 states, an effort to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that ...
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday for making online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Hardy Carroll Lloyd, 45, of ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia state troopers wounded in a weekend exchange of gunfire with a suspect who was killed are recovering, police said Wednesday. Trooper A. A. Bean, who was shot four times, had to have his left leg amputated above the knee, but is doing well now, ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Nov. 4 through Nov. 8: * Estate of Russell E Richardson and Linda Gayle Petty (affiant) to Linda Gayle Petty, lot seven and part tract lot six Clarence Snodgrass addition with exhibit deed book 1283/10, Williamstown District, affidavit ...
CHARLESTON — A federal magistrate judge has scheduled a hearing to consider a motion for sanctions against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources over the deletion of emails from top former officials. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Eifert issued an order Monday scheduling ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani asked Monday for a court order barring him from continuing to repeat the lies he spread about them following the 2020 election. The new lawsuit points to comments the ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff's deputy is claiming he had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School nearly six years ago, his attorney argued Monday. The legal team ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle was killed by state police Sunday night when officers attempting to serve an arrest warrant at a home say they were met with gunshots and returned fire, authorities said Monday. Tobias Ganey, 60, died in Martinsburg around ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — College athletes who have transferred multiple times but were denied the chance to compete immediately can play through the remainder of the academic year, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey in West Virginia made the ruling on a ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Nov. 4 through Nov. 8: * Wells Fargo Bank (na atty), Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. and HSBC Bank USA National Association (trustee) to Cecil N. Draper (guardian and conservator) and Sharon Sue Draper (indirect), deed book 353/141, order. ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 12: * Brandon David Holbert, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to violation of a protection order and fined $426.48. * Dennis Ray Smith, 39 Elly Ave., Beverly, had a charge of battery dismissed without ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County property transfers from Oct. 23 through Oct. 27: * Timothy P. Battin and Sasha L. Sprague to Timothy P. Battin and Sasha L. Sprague, lots 21 and 22 McPherson Manor, Lubeck District, quit claim deed. * Stephen Wayne Matheny and Richard L. Brewer Jr. to Stephen ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The NCAA and a coalition of states suing the organization asked a federal court Friday to extend a small window for multiple-transfer athletes to compete through at least the winter and spring semesters. The motion seeks to extend the 14-day temporary restraining ...
CHARLESTON — A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Brian E. Drake, 56, admitted to evading payroll and corporate income taxes while the owner and operator of River City Chem Dry, according to a release from United States ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 11: * Gage Anthony Showalter, 1406 Winding Road, Parkersburg, had a charge of battery dismissed without prejudice. * Araya Mae Hammonds, 45 Mill Branch Road, Fenwick, had a preliminary hearing waived on a ...
PARKERSBURG — Wood County Property Transfers from Oct. 16 through Oct. 26: * Mary L. Lamp and Kenneth R. Lamp (indirect) to Bryan S. Jackson and Teresa L. Jackson, lot 9 Avenue and lot 16 and part tract lot 15 Bertha Powers Heiges addition, Vienna District, $165,000. * Courtyards At ...
ATHENS — The third of three defendants in a mail fraud case that victimized more than 400 residents was sentenced to prison this week, the Athens County Prosecutor’s Office announced. In December 2022, the Athens County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint of mail theft from a county ...
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A 13-year old boy from Canton, Ohio, has been charged with allegedly planning a mass shooting of a local Jewish synagogue. The teenager, who is unnamed in court documents because he is a minor, is charged with inducing panic and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. He's ...