Staff reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese was shot this morning as he was walking to the entrance of the Jefferson County Courthouse. The shooting occurred just minutes after 8 a.m. today in Court Alley, which is adjacent to the[Read More…]
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After national competition, FedEx driver keeps delivering on tricky WV route
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Franklin Vance’s delivery route isn’t easy, and he’ll be the first to tell you so. “When I’m off it takes four guys to cover my route,” Vance, a FedEx Ground truck driver, said in between deliveries at the Patrick Street Plaza shopping[Read More…]
Resident receives correspondence from Obama
By BAYLI HELMICK The Inter-Mountain ELKINS — A Randolph County resident was ecstatic to receive a response letter from former President of the United States Barack Obama earlier this summer. Kevin Watson said he sent a letter to Obama in January, when the president was still in office. Watson sent[Read More…]
West Virginia concealed carry reciprocity extended to Wisconsin
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said officials in West Virginia and Wisconsin have worked out an agreement to allow Wisconsin residents with a valid concealed weapons permits to carry concealed in the Mountain State. West Virginia residents with a concealed[Read More…]
10 things to know today: Monday, Aug. 21
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. US DESTROYER COLLIDES WITH TANKER, 10 SAILORS MISSING The USS John S. McCain suffers damage[Read More…]
WV Ethics Commission considers letting state officials go to Greenbrier
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Ethics Commission will decide Friday if workers with the state Development Office and Division of Tourism attend events at The Greenbrier resort, given that Gov. Jim Justice has not put his ownership of the resort into a blind trust.[Read More…]
WV PSC seeks dismissal of Frontier lawsuit
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission has filed a motion to dismiss Frontier Communication’s federal lawsuit which names all three of its commissioners, stating it has no role in enforcing the section of House Bill 3093, known as the broadband bill, Frontier says[Read More…]
Mingo County native recorded with Jimi Hendrix
By KYLE LOVERN HD Media MATEWAN. W.Va. — Growing up in the small hamlet of Newtown nestled deep in the mountains in rural Mingo County, Rocky Isaac never dreamed he would one day be drumming for a rock-and-roll icon. However his travels and musical talents eventually led him to recording sessions[Read More…]
Sex offender supervision unit ending in WV
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s intensive supervision office, which employs dozens of officers who have spent nearly a decade herding hundreds of sex offenders, will end in September. The termination of the ISO program comes after a June 26 order signed by West Virginia Supreme Court[Read More…]
Johnson to lead office to combat drug abuse
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Cabinet Secretary Bill J. Crouch has appointed Jim Johnson as director of the newly formed Office of Drug Control Policy, according to a Thursday press release. For the past three years, Johnson has served as[Read More…]
