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W.Va. foster care lawsuit still alive after federal appeals court decision

CHARLESTON - A federal class action lawsuit filed during the administration of former governor Jim Justice challenging the condition of West Virginia's foster care system is alive again following a ruling Thursday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2025 judgment issued by U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin dismissing a class-action lawsuit brought in 2019 on behalf of thousands of foster children in West Virginia. "Because federal courts not only have the authority, but also a duty, to remedy systemic constitutional rights violations, we ...

Pierce extradited, booked in Wood County in connection to Fleming case

PARKERSBURG - Preston Pierce, who has been charged in Wood County in connection with the murder of Gretchen Fleming, was extradited back to Parkersburg to face charges returned by a Wood County Grand Jury in May. Pierce has been held in custody in Buncombe County, N.C., since his arrest on ...

Ohio man sentenced to 12 years of prison for distributing over 40 pounds of drugs

CHARLESTON - Catra Nelson, 50, of Zanesville, Ohio was sentenced to 12 years in prison with five more years of supervised release on May 28. Nelson was sentenced for, 鈥渃onspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine,鈥� according to a release from the Department of Justice. It was reported from Jan. 2020 to March 2021, Nelson and others distributed methamphetamine to the Parkersburg area. According to the release, Nelson was responsible for distributing over 40 pounds of methamphetamines. ...

Magistrate court records

PARKERSBURG 鈥� Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports: * Josie Elizabeth Grogg, 1917 Gihon Road, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to welfare fraud, $500 or less, and was sentenced to jail for one year, suspended for two years of unsupervised probation. She was assessed $176.48 and ordered to pay $5,231 restitution to the West Virginia Department of Human Services. * Shawn Richie Jones, 2033 Riser Ridge Road, Walker, pleaded guilty to driving while license is suspended or revoked and possession of a controlled substance and was assessed $562.96. As part of a ...

West Virginia Supreme Court rules in favor of firefighters in lawsuit against Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG 鈥� The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled this week that the City of Parkersburg was wrong to reduce firefighters鈥� pay without notice in a 2017 move municipal officials said corrected a six-year-old error. The court issued its ruling in the lawsuit, originally filed in 2018, on Wednesday, with a 4-1 majority ordering reversal of an Intermediate Court of Appeals decision siding with the city. Chief Justice Hailey Bunn dissented, saying the matter should have been decided by a jury. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just very, I guess, frustrating to me that the city has chosen to take ...