ebevins@newsandsentinel.com James Thomas Hendershot is handcuffed by a bailiff Thursday after being found guilty of second-degree murder and concealing a deceased human body at the conclusion of a four-day trial held in City Council chambers at the Parkersburg Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Assistant Wood County Prosecutor Russell Skogstad offers a rebuttal to the defense’s closing argument Thursday during the trial of James Thomas Hendershot on charges of second-degree murder and concealing a deceased human body. The trial was held in City Council chambers at the Parkersburg Municipal Building to accommodate social distancing measures. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
PARKERSBURG Taking the stand Wednesday on the third day of his murder trial, James Thomas Hendershot denied harming his father and claimed he remembers li
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Parkersburg Municipal Building maintenance worker Westley Lockhart cleaned the handles of the doors to City Council chambers on March 13, 2020, as officials in Parkersburg and other municipalities were grappling with how to respond to the burgeoning pandemic. (File Photo) The parking lot at Grand Central Mall in Vienna was mostly empty on April 10, 2020,more than two weeks after it temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (File Photo) Parkersburg City Council met in its chambers for the first time in more than a month on June 2, 2020, and approved the final reading of an ordinance creating a $500 B&O tax exemption to assist businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (File Photo)
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PARKERSBURG The Parkersburg Municipal Building will be closed Thursday and Friday to observe the Christmas holiday. It will reopen for normal business at 8 a.m. Monday.
The Sanitation Department will not pick up trash on Christmas day but will pick up Saturday.
The Municipal Building will also be closed Friday, Jan. 1, to observe New Year’s Day, and will reopen Monday, Jan. 4.
The Sanitation Department will not pick up trash on New Year’s Day, but pickup will resume Saturday, Jan. 2.
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