PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission is looking to add a small courtroom at the Wood County Justice Center that could be utilized for court actions that d
PARKERSBURG — Justin Keel was found guilty Monday of felony murder in the May 2022 shooting death of Terrence (T.J.) Mills Jr. The six-man, six-woman jury de
PARKERSBURG – Justin Keel was found guilty of felony murder today in the May 2022 shooting death of Terrence (T.J.) Mills Jr. The six-man, six-woman jury de
PARKERSBURG — The woman who arranged the drug buy that led to the death of a Parkersburg man testified Wednesday that they only planned to rob the man who wa
PARKERSBURG - The trial of the two men charged with the murder of a Parkersburg man in May 2022 from an alleged drug deal and robbery that turned into a shootin
PARKERSBURG — All three lawsuits filed against a former Wood County sheriff and the county commission have been reassigned to a judge outside the county. Sui
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission will be conducting interviews Thursday for the new Wood County 911 Director. Wood County Commission President Blai
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Dominick McClung, 18, along with his attorney Matthew DeVore, were in Wood County Circuit Court Thursday where McClung was sentenced to life in prison for the September 2019 murder of Karen Yeager. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)
PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the September 2019 murder of Karen Yeager.
Dominick McClung, 18, was sentenced before Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton in Wood County Circuit Court for the first-degree murder of Yeager, 68, whose body was found under the Fifth Street Bridge a day after being reported missing.
He was also sentenced to one to five years for the concealment of a deceased human body. Both sentences are to run consecutively.
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PARKERSBURG — A man charged for helping to get rid of evidence in the murder of a Parkersburg woman in the Fall of 2019 has entered into a plea agreement.
Eric Dillon, 30, in custody at the Huttonsville Correctional Center, recently pleaded guilty before Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton to a charge of being an accessory after the fact in the case of the murder of Karen Yeager. He was charged with helping to hide or dispose of evidence in Yeager’s murder.
Under the agreement, he will serve one year on state prison with 302 days credited for time served. According to the West Virginia Division of Corrections website, Dillon is already serving one to 15 years for charges of burglary by breaking and entering as well as grand larceny.
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Dominick McClung, 18,, is led from a courtroom after pleading guilty to murder. He was sentenced Thursday to life with mercy and 1-5 years for concealing a corpse.
PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the September 2019 murder of Karen Yeager.
Dominick McClung, 18, was sentenced by Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton for the first-degree murder of Yeager, whose body was found under the Fifth Street Bridge a day after being reported missing.
He also was sentenced to 1-5 years for the concealment of a deceased human body. Both sentences are to run consecutively.