Wood County News

Temp: 57.0 F Font Size: A man has died Saturday night after a single vehicle accident in Wood County.

A Wood County man who was charged with concealing two deceased bodies was in circuit court Thursday for two hearings.

A Wood County attorney has pleaded guilty to failing to pay more than $405,000 in taxes.

Two pleas were heard Wednesday in Wood County Circuit Court. Dusty Albert Davis, 22, 119 Chateau Hills, Parkersburg, entered a plea agreement to plead guilty to burglary as charged by the September grand jury.

After two days of deliberations, a special session of the Wood County grand jury returned indictments against 41 individuals Tuesday.

Officials say Monday's H1N1 vaccine clinics at Wood County's public elementary schools was an overall success, with only a handful of schools running short on H1N1vaccine.

Wood County commissioners have contracted with Gannett Fleming, the firm that updated the county comprehensive plan, to look at area interchanges and recommend potential land-use regulations that might be applied to future development in those areas.

A strong defensive effort here Wednesday night at Parkersburg's Stadium Field played a big part in Edison's 28-0 win against Blennerhassett in the Wood County Middle School football championship.

A Wood County judge says Captain Rick Woodyard with the Wood County Sheriff's Department is not guilty of any wrong-doing after shooting and killing a suspect in a 2002 drug bust.

A Wood County woman alleges her trip to the hospital two years ago resulted in two surgeries to her knee, the second after contracting an infection following the first.

Font Size: Two new deputies have joined the Wood County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Jeff Sandy said Deputies Richard George and Christopher Piggott graduated from the West Virginia State Police Academy Friday with high academic honors.

Oct. 13 Sharon and David Stephens vs. Sears Holdings Corp. d/b/a Kmart P.A. - Debra A. Nelson; J - Beane * The plaintiffs are suing the defendants for injuries Sharon received on Nov.

Wood County commissioners, along with many of their peers around the state, are asking the governor to include on the special session agenda legislation to guarantee access to economic development bonds as part of the federal Recovery Act Bond issue.

The Wood County Sheriff Department's Project Lifesaver machine had a strong signal just before a neighbor found an 8-year-old boy in a pond Tuesday afternoon.

A pregnant woman from Wood County is the latest fatality attributed to the swine flu, health officials announced on Friday.

Wood County Habitat for Humanity dedicated its 47th home on Sunday, providing a new house for a woman and her four children, ages 9 to 19.

Wood County's Web site earned a "D-" in a recent online survey looking at openness, but it was the third best among the 27 of the 55 counties in West Virginia that have a Web site.

A pregnant woman from Wood County has died of complications associated with the swine flu, according to a statement from the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department.

A Wood County woman is dead and doctors say it's connected to the swine flu. The victim was pregnant.

Hino trucks manufactured in West Virginia have joined the state Department of Transportation's fleet.