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Attempted murder, kidnapping among Washington County Grand Jury indictments

MARIETTA – A Marietta man was indicted on a charge of attempted murder after allegedly stabbing another man on Sunday. Ernesto Antonio Gomez, 60, 123 Sunset Drive, was one of 19 people indicted this week by the Washington County Grand Jury. Gomez was charged with first-degree felony ...

Memorial awarded $5M in lawsuit against Camden Clark

PARKERSBURG – A federal jury found Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. liable for one count each of civil conspiracy and vicarious liability and awarded Memorial Health System $5 million in compensatory damages. The verdict was reached Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in Wheeling following a trial that began Aug. 5. “Memorial Health System is pleased that after a decade of investigation and appeal a jury has found Camden Clark Medical Center guilty of conspiracy and vicarious liability against Marietta Memorial Hospital,” the health ...

Updated: Suspects in Vienna shooting incident had history

VIENNA – Two Wood County men have been charged with wanton endangerment following a Sunday evening incident on Grand Central Avenue in which two people – including one of the suspects – suffered gunshot wounds. According to a release from Vienna Police Chief Josh Cole, Ashton ...

Belpre Police Department

The Belpre Police Department released the folowing reports on April 20: April 13: Teresa L. Suck, 70, Ravenswood, was cited for expired registration. April 14: Michalle R. Perkins, 40, of Parkersburg was arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail on the charges of domestic violence and disrupting public service. April 16: Christopher M. Rhodes, 40, Vienna, was cited for assured clear distance ahead. Travis J. Barber, 37, of Reedsville was served a theft warrant out of Belpre Mayor’s Court. Caiden M. Cooley, 19, of Bloomingdale, Ohio, was cited for speed. April ...