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Magistrate Court records

PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports May 4: * Jason Curtis Harkness, 921 Moyer Ave., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of strangulation and held on a $50,000 surety bond. * Mitchell Edward Bailey, 246 Tanner Lane, Walker, was arraigned on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender and held on a $150,000 surety bond. * Allyson Marie Tidwell, 3625 Packard St., Apt. 1, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of domestic battery and released on a $3,000 surety bond. * Stacie Lynne Amick, 627 29th St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on two ...

Magistrate Court records

PARKERSBURG – The following reports were released by the Wood County Magistrate Court on May 3: * Morgan Baldwin, 221 Meadow Lane, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to operation without a certificate or failure to produce a certificate and was assessed $181.48. A charge of expired registration was dismissed. * James Paul Rush, 610 Wilbur St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to first-offense shoplifting. He was assessed $201.48 and a civil penalty of $427.09 paid to Rural King. * Jeffrey Alan Eddy, 928 Newbanks Road, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to speeding, 52 mph in a 35 mph zone, and was ...

State Tax Department wants say in federal case over Justice-owned Greenbrier Resort

CHARLESTON - In the latest twist and turn surrounding the fight over the historic Greenbrier Resort between U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and a Texas-based hotel chain, West Virginia tax officials want a seat at the table with more than $4 million in tax liens on the line. In a filing Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, attorneys for the West Virginia Tax Division submitted a formal request to intervene in a federal lawsuit before U.S. District Court Judge Frank W. Volk filed last month by White Sulphur Springs Holdings LLC (WSSH) against Sen. ...

Wood County Grand Jury

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 ...

Justice Department calls for rejection of WV Secretary of State motion to dismiss voter registration case

CHARLESTON - The U.S. Department of Justice said in a legal filing Thursday that it has the right to access unredacted voter registration files held by the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office. Attorneys for the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a memorandum Thursday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in response to a motion filed at the end of April by attorneys for Secretary of State Kris Warner, which sought to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the DOJ seeking unredacted voter registration files. Harmeet K. Dhillon, a U.S. assistant attorney ...