May 3, 2021
RIPLEY – A Kanawha County man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Jackson County woman missing since last week.
Michael Wayne Smith, 41, of Sissonville, admitted to killing Cheyenne Johnson of Jackson County and putting her body inside a water well on property in Sissonville, according to law enforcement officials.
The Jackson and Kanawha County Sheriff’s Departments announced Smith’s arrest Monday.
Read more in Tuesday’s edition of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
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CAR-ANIMAL ACCIDENTS
Victor McDow Jr., 49, of Paola, was driving a 2019 Ford pickup north in the 25100 block of Old KC Road at 8 a.m. Oct. 28 when it struck a deer. McDow was not injured.
Sara Rhynerson, 38, of La Cygne, was driving a 2015 Buick south on Jingo road near West 399th Street at 8:35 a.m. Oct. 28 when it struck a deer. Rhynerson was not injured.
Scott Gregory, 47, of Amsterdam, Mo., was driving a 2019 Kia west on Kansas Highway 68 near New Lancaster Road at 5:20 a.m. Nov. 2 when the vehicle struck a deer. Gregory was not injured.
Erick Pennington, 41, of Blue Mound, was driving a 2007 Ford south on Plum Creek Road near West 383rd Street at 11:40 p.m. Nov. 2 when the vehicle struck a deer. Pennington was not injured.