radioNOVO News for Parkersburg, WV 06-05-26

Good morning.A long-awaited turning point has been reached in a high-profile local homicide investigation. Court documents confirm forty-two-year-old Preston Pierce has officially waived his extradition rights in North Carolina. Pierce was arrested last month and indicted on felony charges of kidnapping, concealment of a body, and first-degree murder in connection with the tragic twenty-twenty-two disappearance of Gretchen Fleming. Parkersburg police detectives will transport Pierce back to West Virginia at a later date.Meanwhile, a local emergency responder crash is under investigation. A Parkersburg fire truck rolled over at Pike Street and Fourteenth Avenue late Wednesday night while rushing to a call that turned out to be burnt food. At least two people were hospitalized at Camden Clark Medical Center.And Sistersville ferry officials are exploring replacement options after their insurance provider officially totaled the historic ferry’s heavily damaged tugboat.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.