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Man arrested on warrants after standoff with Parkersburg Police

PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man was taken into custody today after reportedly barricading himself in a closet. At approximately 10:40 a.m., officers with the Parkersburg Police Department responded to a residence in the 700 block of 30th Street in an effort to serve two felony arrest ...

Attorneys present opening arguments in Cupp murder trial

PARKERSBURG — Barbara Cupp was either a woman scorned who fatally shot Matthew Bills for cheating on her or a woman in a life-and-death struggle that ended with Bills’ death, attorneys argued at the start of her murder trial Tuesday. A six-man, eight-woman jury was seated in the courtroom ...

Opening arguments set to begin today for trial in 2025 Wood County killing

PARKERSBURG — A Belmont woman is preparing to go to trial this week for the killing of a Williamstown man in March 2025. Jury selection took place Monday in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge Robert Waters. Barbara Cupp, 33, was charged last fall with murder and being a person ...

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court 's conservative majority on Monday sounded skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. A ruling, likely to come by late June, that bars counting ballots arriving after ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 3: * Payton A. Wilson,1503 Michaelis Road, Marietta, was arraigned on charges of an insufficient flotation devices violation and having an unregistered/expired boat registration and released on a $500 ...

Belpre Police

BELPRE - The Belpre Police Department released the following reports on March 16: March 5 * David L. Abbott, 86, of Washington, W.Va., was cited for assured clear distance ahead and expired registration. March 9 * Bradley M. Gill, 26, of Waterford was cited for driving under suspension and ...