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U.S. News & World Report
April 28, 2018
A West Virginia city's former accountant is facing charges of embezzling more than $200,000 from the local government over about two years. ... Gazette-Mail , 39-year-old Reneda Lynn Welch of Hamlin is charged with one embezzlement count in the Kanawha County Magistrate Court criminal complaint.
Parkersburg News
April 28, 2018
... clerks are offering early voting. Voters are encouraged to contact their county clerk for more information on early voting polling locations. Some counties offer satellite voting locations other than in the courthouse. Warner asked citizens to immediately report election fraud by calling 1-877-FRAUD-WV.
Herald-Mail Media
April 28, 2018
"Justice has finally been served due to the dedicated efforts of our detectives and the prosecutorial team involved in this case," Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said in the posting. "Members of the Cold Case Unit continue to work to solve cases, such as Ricky's, through advances in technology andÃâà...
WSAZ-TV
April 28, 2018
The shelter in place is affecting several Kanawha County Schools near the accident. According to the county's Facebook page, all schools between Kanawha City and Riverside are currently under a precautionary shelter in place as crews respond to a hazmat situation in the Belle area. Schools shelteringÃâà...
West Virginia MetroNews
April 28, 2018
BECKLEY, W.Va. — A Raleigh County man faces charges of sexual abuse involving a seven year old girl. William Joseph Harvey of Bolt, W.Va. was arrested this week on charges of first degree sexual abuse for an incident from December of last year. The victim tells police Harvey would touch her inÃâà...
West Virginia MetroNews
April 28, 2018
PINEVILLE, W.Va. — A needle exchange program will be implemented in Wyoming County as part of the Wyoming County Health Department's overall harm reduction program. The services are the result of a $40,000 grant from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. In addition toÃâà...
West Virginia MetroNews
April 28, 2018
SANDSTONE, W.Va. — A multi-county pursuit and stand-off ended with a Webster County man facing multiple charges. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop at around 2:30 Friday morning on U.S. Route 19 in the Scarbro area. While doing so, another vehicle passedÃâà...
WVVA TV
April 27, 2018
The Virginia State Police is investigating a single vehicle crash that happened on Wednesday in Wise County. It occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Route 68, just west of Route 810. According to the VSP, the driver of a 2003 Chrysler Town and Country was traveling west when he ran off the right side of the roadÃâà...
WTRF
April 27, 2018
The largest addiction treatment facility for women in West Virginia is a work in progress in Ohio County. 7news took an exclusive tour of the Serenity Hills Life Center Friday morning with Executive Director Sharon Travis. Travis called this a labor of love, working for more than a year to buy the property theÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 26, 2018
The county has three programs that reroute offenders from the jail. The Day Report Center program allows offenders arrested in drug-related, non-violent crimes to participate in a substance abuse program. The other two, home confinement and community service, require offenders to wear a monitoringÃâà...
WVNS-TV
March 6, 2018
FAIRLEA, WV (WVNS) -- Officials with the State Fair of West Virginia have announced two more bands joining the line-up to the 2018 concert series. The additions include Luke Combs and MercyMe. Luke Combs is scheduled to take the stage on Thursday, Aug. 9. MercyMe, a contemporary Christian groupÃâà...
WV News
March 6, 2018
WESTON — Lewis County grand jurors returned indictments on several drug cases, according to Prosecutor Christina Flanigan. Those indicted must report Friday for first appearances, according to Flanigan. Prosecutor Christina Flanigan. Flanigan. advertisement. Those indicted are presumed innocentÃâà...
WOWK
March 6, 2018
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) - During a news conference, Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford told 13 News that a massive amount of drugs, ... HEAT was the first of its type task force in West Virginia to provide a large amount of money for law enforcement operations combating a specific drugÃâà...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
March 6, 2018
The Kanawha Valley West Virginia University Fan Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Harding's Family Restaurant, next to the Mink Shoals exit off ... Items for Bulletin Board may be submitted by mail to the Charleston Gazette-Mail, 1001 Virginia St. E., Charleston, WV 25301; faxed to 304-348-1233;Ãâà...
WOWK
March 6, 2018
WOOD COUNTY, WV (WOWK) - Police have arrested a suspect in connection the shooting death of a woman in Wood County, WV earlier this morning. According to the Wood County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the Aqua Isles area, a trailer park, just after 1 A.M on Monday, March 5th, 2018.
WTOP
March 6, 2018
Gregory Terrell Jones, 24, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was arrested Monday in connection to the deaths of 29-year-old Joshua Michael Frazier of Woodbridge, Virginia, and 34-year-old Ashley Susan ... The two appeared to be dead, Montgomery County police said, and both had gunshot wounds.
WVNS-TV
March 6, 2018
(WVNS) -- The West Virginia Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority (CFIA) has announced funding for 20 projects to improve county courthouses across the state. Several of those projects are for buildings in the southeast counties. The CFIA, which was established in 2001 by the West VirginiaÃâà...
Herald-Mail Media
March 6, 2018
Public schools in West Virginia are similar to Maryland in that they are broken up by county, but all funding decisions for West Virginia teacher salaries happen at the state level. In Maryland, county school boards make employee compensation decisions and the costs are paid through a mix of state andÃâà...
WTRF
March 5, 2018
"On Friday March 2nd, the Ohio County Board of Education met in special session to discuss the ongoing work stoppage by teachers and service personnel throughout West Virginia. At that time, it appeared that the WV Legislature was on a path to a resolution given a new proposal by Governor Justice andÃâà...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
March 2, 2018
In one instance, the Wetzel County Commission asked whether it could use county funds to host annual working lunches at a local restaurant for the county sheriff, assessor, county ... For West Virginia, the GSA currently permits a maximum expense of $12 for breakfast, $13 for lunch and $24 for dinner.
WV News
March 2, 2018
He added that proponents of the tax argue counties will go bankrupt if the tax is taken away but noted that some counties are seeing their tax bases dwindle to such a degree that services can't be provided. James Estep, president of the West Virginia High Technology Foundation in Fairmont, said theÃâà...
WV News
March 2, 2018
Jim Justice and the state teacher and service personnel unions, schools remained closed this week in Preston County and around West Virginia. Teachers who had ... Technically, local students had missed five days of school due to the ongoing strike as of Thursday, while other counties had missed six.
Herald-Mail Media
March 2, 2018
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WV News
March 2, 2018
CLARKSBURG — Educators and school service personnel continued to man picket lines Thursday — the sixth day of a statewide walkout demanding better benefits for all West Virginia public employees. Harrison School Superintendent Dr. Mark Manchin said after meeting with union representatives in theÃâà...
Politico
March 2, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—After pushing 90 for the better part of an hour to get here to the gold-domed Capitol from his home in rugged, woebegone Logan County, the former Army paratrooper and current state senator with 36 tattoos, bulging muscles and a dry-razored buzz cut jumped out of his red JeepÃâà...
WV News
March 2, 2018
CLARKSBURG — Harrison County along with Barbour, Doddridge, Lewis, Upshur, Marion and Taylor are just among several schools that have already closed school for Friday. Teachers and service personnel continue to rally following what started as a two-day work stoppage last week. They areÃâà...
WOWK
March 2, 2018
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) - All 55 Counties in West Virginia have canceled school due to the teacher work stoppage. This will extend the ... On Tuesday, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said that teachers should take Wednesday as a cooling-off day and be back in class on Thursday. On WednesdayÃâà...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
March 1, 2018
About 40 counties announced closures from 7:30-10:40 p.m. Wednesday, with others announcing the closures earlier in the day. “We believe the best course of action at this time is to return to school tomorrow, however we realize that not everyone will,” said Dale Lee, president of the West VirginiaÃâà...
The News Center
March 1, 2018
The West Virginia Department of Education says all schools in 27 of the state's 55 counties plan to remain closed Thursday despite an apparent agreement between leaders of the unions ... Ritchie County, Mason County, Roane County, and Calhoun County will also be closed Thursday, March 1, 2018.
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