Parkersburg News

Wood County Sheriff's Deputies are searching for two women wanted for Thursday's shoplifting incident.

One of Wood County's longest running assistant prosecutors who tried many of the most notable criminal cases died of cancer Thursday morning.

A film that examines the environmental impacts of strip mining and burning coal has won the Best Picture title at the 2008 West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival.

The Wood County Sheriff's Department is looking for two women tonight, who shoplifted at Kohl's department store in Parkersburg and then drove off.

ANALYSIS: Rob Cornelius looks at why gas prices are higher here, usually, than in surrounding states and jurisdictions.

A Parkersburg motorist and a Wood County sheriff's deputy crossed paths Wednesday morning, resulting in a five-vehicle crash.

They may not be as cute and cuddly as puppies and kittens, but snakes and other cold-blooded critters need love too.

A group of local doctors and lawyers battled it out on a baseball field in Vienna Sunday to help one little boy's wish come true.

The Wood County Sheriff's Department is searching for a person that robbed a hotel at knife point early Saturday morning.

A Wood County Schools employee charged with engaging in illegal sex acts and possessing child pornography waived his preliminary hearing Monday.

Two Parkersburg Police officers were awarded Thursday, for their hard work in putting an end to poaching.

A Parkersburg councilman running for re-election and facing larceny charges resigned from the city police force almost 25 years ago after admitting to taking a firearm.

Parkersburg, WV St. Joseph's Hospital CEO Alan King has made the decision to step down from his post, effective October 31st, Signature Hospital Corporation officials announced today.

A Washington, W.Va., man has been arrested in connection with three recent break-ins. Joseph Trey Nicholson, 23, Route 3, Box 162A, Washington, was arrested shortly after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday by officers from the ...

A Parkersburg City Councilman has been arrested and charged with a misdemeanor offense.

For several years, Parkersburg resident Carol St. Peter has given some of her free time to care for flower beds at City Park and Quincy Park.

A Parkersburg city councilman has pleaded not guilty to charges that he stole items from a local Wal-Mart. Councilman Jim Knapp was arraigned Thursday in Wood County Magistrate Court on a misdemeanor petit ...

Six people were arrested Thursday in a drug bust that yielded a large amount of heroin, police said.

This branch of United Bank at the Grand Central Mall in Vienna is where a Parkersburg woman in 2006 alleges she injured herself after falling unexpectedly.

The city of Parkersburg is beginning work to repair a washed out cavity underneath Mary Street.