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Athens Post names Tackett 2024 Post Trooper of the Year

ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Zackary C. Tackett has been selected as the 2024 Trooper of the Year at the Athens Post. Fellow officers stationed at the Athens Post chose Tackett based on leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous treatment of others, enthusiastic ...

Pedestrian killed in accident Saturday identified

PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg Police have identified a man who died Saturday after being struck by a car while attempting to cross Murdoch Avenue. Robert Matthew Sams, 58, of Parkersburg, was pronounced dead at the scene, Police Chief Matthew Board said. The incident happened around 7:02 p.m. ...

No bomb found after Rinky Dink threat

MARIETTA — The Marietta Police are investigating a bomb threat that happened Sunday at Rinky Dink Flea Market in Marietta. Rinky Dink owner Billy Putnam called the Marietta Police Sunday, according to Marietta Police Chief Katherine Warden, and told them he received a call from a person ...

Police report two injured in Wood County auto accident

PARKERSBURG — Two people were injured in a single vehicle accident Monday that was investigated by the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. According to a press release on Facebook, deputies were dispatched Monday to the 23 mile marker on Robert Byrd Highway in reference to a single vehicle ...

Car crash claims life of Washington County man

ARNOLDSBURG — A Washington County man died Sunday after a single-vehicle accident in Calhoun County. According to a release from the West Virginia State Police, troopers responded Sunday to a single vehicle rollover at 860 Arnoldsburg Road (U.S. 33/119). The driver was identified as Allen ...