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 ...
PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) — A man fatally shot an 11-year-old girl and wounded two other people at a home in southern West Virginia before turning the gun on himself, state police said. Officers responded Wednesday to reports of a male holding multiple people at gunpoint in a home in Mercer ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 1-3: * James Lee Hall, 1509 Covert St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of possession of a S5 narcotic and two counts of possession of a controlled substance and released on $3,000 bond. * Bo ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ten Republicans who posed as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and filed paperwork falsely saying he had won the battleground state have settled a civil lawsuit and admitted their actions were part of an effort to overturn President Joe Biden's ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Nov. 29: * Gary Leonard Travis, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to battery of a government employee and/or medical personnel (two counts), fined $372.96 and sentenced to six months in jail which was ruled as time ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids. The justices seemed by turns reluctant to break up an ...
PARKERSBURG — A federal judge recently ordered a Tennessee man to pay more than $44,000 in restitution for failing to pay child support owed from a Wood County case. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, Jancent M. Powell, 39, of ...
VIENNA — An investigation into Friday shootings that resulted in two deaths, followed by the suspect apparently taking his own life early Saturday morning, remains ongoing. However, Vienna Police Chief Mike Pifer said Sunday that “I don’t have any reason to believe there are any other ...
UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as Stevie W. Roseberry, 46, the estranged husband of Christy L. Roseberry, the Vienna Police Department announced. VIENNA - Two Wood County residents were found dead Friday afternoon and the suspect in their murders died from an apparent self-inflicted ...
PARKERSBURG — An area defense attorney was suspended for one year with sixth-month stayed concerning misconduct reflecting on his well-being to practice law. Jack A. Blakeslee, a Noble County defense attorney with 47 years of practicing law, was suspended by the Supreme Court of Ohio for ...
ATLANTA (AP) — An attorney for former President Donald Trump said Friday it would amount to "election interference" if his client is the Republican nominee for president while on trial in Georgia in the months running up to the general election. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawsuits against Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, rejecting the former president's bid to dismiss the cases accusing him of inciting the violent mob on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge ruled Friday, knocking down the Republican's bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Tanya ...
A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where state health officials said the policy took money away from them. Since 1981, federal policy has changed several ...
PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court Nov. 28: * Elisha Ceylon Cross, 154 Dee St., Waverly, W.Va., was arraigned on a charge of shoplifting and released on $500 bond. * Samantha J. Hickel, 21 Worthington Trailer Park Road #3, Parkersburg, was ...
PARKERSBURG — A Williamstown man was charged Thursday morning with driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury after allegedly causing multiple accidents while driving the wrong way on U.S. 50. Andrew Warwick, 36, of 589 Old River Road, Williamstown, was traveling west in the ...
PARKERSBURG — The following divorce petitions were filed in the office of the Wood County Circuit Clerk between Nov. 1-17: * Sara Marie Lanham and William Harold Lanham * Carl Ray White and Carrie Marie Malone * Manuela I. Beverlin and Jeremy P. Shepherd * Benjamin Charles Huff and Kara ...
VIENNA — The Vienna Police Department released the following reports Nov. 28: Nov. 21 * Megan N. Pierce of Vincent was arrested on an uttering warrant. * Joseph B. Cain of Vienna was arrested for violation of a domestic violence protection order. Nov. 22 * Larry E. Stevens III of ...
MARIETTA — Co-defendants were indicted on charges of complicity to commit attempted perjury and complicity to commit tampering with evidence among other charges by a Washington County Grand Jury Wednesday. Jessica Dawn Ball, 36, 747 Tuttle St., Belpre, was allegedly complicit in several ...