PARKERSBURG County officials are still looking into alternative venues to conduct upcoming trials.
Wood County Commissioner Robert Tebay on Thursday asked Wood County Prosecutor Pat Lefebure if court officials have given any more consideration to holding trials at the Smoot Theatre in Parkersburg.
Lefebure said the information has been passed to the circuit judges to consider with at least one showing interest in the idea.
“All three judges have murder trials set in the coming months,” Lefebure said. “It will be up to the judges.”
At a previous meeting, Lefebure told the Wood County Commission that the courts were going to need a larger venue to accommodate a lot of people while maintaining social distancing guidelines and other health concerns during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.