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String of burglaries leads to three indicted by Grand Jury

Three local men were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury this week after being arrested for a string of burglaries and breaking and enterings in May and June. The three were: Jason Wayne Allman, 40, of 33705 Bailey Run Road, Pomeroy; Daniel Lloyd Lott, 36, of 705 Thomas Court, Belpre; and Christian Mikhail Haught, 19, of 499 McGill Road, Vincent. Allman was indicted on 16 charges, including: three counts of burglary, all second-degree felonies; two counts of grand theft, both fourth-degree felonies; two counts of grand theft when the property is a firearm or dangerous ...

Roane man pleads guilty after pipe bomb found

CHARLESTON – A Roane County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing an unregistered destructive device after law enforcement officers found a pipe bomb at his residence. According to court documents and statements made in court, on Dec. 24, 2020, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at the Spencer residence of Joseph David Bailey, 51. Officers found the completed pipe bomb and five unfinished pipe bombs in various stages of completion, a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...

Austin Wyatt Campbell

Austin Wyatt Campbell, 27, of Parkersburg, WV, formerly of Stockport, Ohio, died on July 15, 2022 at his home. He was born on August 29, 1994, in Zanesville, Ohio, son of Malcolm Campbell Jr. and Lisa Carper Campbell. He graduated from Waterford High School and Washington County Career ...

Elmer Jason Carter

Elmer Jason Carter, 33, of Bluefield, W.Va., passed away July 15, 2022, with the compassionate care of CAMC General Hospital in Charleston. A private cremation will take place at Mid-Ohio Valley Cremation Society.

Donna Ilene Swiger

Donna Ilene Swiger, 77, of Marietta, OH passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, OH. She was born on February 11, 1945 in Marietta to the late Donald Lynn and Georgia Ilene Boley Sandford. Donna had worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for ...

Kanawha judge blocks West Virginia abortion ban

CHARLESTON — Abortions are once again allowed in West Virginia, at least for now, after a circuit judge issued Monday a preliminary injunction against the state’s 150-year-old ban on the procedure. In her decision, Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Tera L. Salango said that in the absence of action by the court, the state’s sole abortion clinic and its patients, “especially those who are impregnated as a result of a rape or incest, are suffering irreparable harm.” Attorney General Patrick Morrissey acknowledged abortion is legal in West Virginia but vowed to appeal the ...