CHARLESTON - The former lender to U.S. Sen. Jim Justice that sold off its loan debt for the historic Greenbrier Resort to a Texas-based hotel chain is asking a circuit court judge to dismiss a case brought by the Justice family to halt interference in the hotel. Attorneys for Virginia-based ...
PARKERSBURG - The following indictments were returned by the Wood County Grand Jury on Friday. Preston D. Pierce, 58, Asheville, N.C.: murder, felony murder, concealment of a deceased human body and kidnapping in December 2022. William Ray Adkins, 47, 2403 Williamstown Pike, Williamstown: two counts of wanton endangerment involving a firearm and child neglect creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury in October 2025. Myron Eugene Anderson, 44, North Central Regional Jail: malicious assault and domestic battery in September 2025 and possession of a controlled ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� 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 its investigation into the shooting at 3408 25th St., State Police dispatcher A.J. Taylor in Charleston said Sunday. Few new details were available Sunday, after one person was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police and deputies and another body was found at the scene. The second individual ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� The West Virginia State Police have released the names of the man killed Saturday evening after reportedly exchanging gunfire with Parkersburg and Wood County law enforcement, and the woman whose body was found in the residence. The incident happened after Parkersburg Police ...
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 ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� A Parkersburg man was indicted for murder and related charges on Friday by the Wood County Grand Jury. Butch Wayne Knight, 19, currently in the North Central Regional Jail, was accused of the Dec. 8 shooting of Bradi Florence in an incident on Belmont Road in South ...
