MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Friends and family of Jody Hunt held a vigil Wednesday, Dec. 3, to remember the man they knew, not the killer. “Our Jody wasn’t that man,” said Kerri Everd, a friend of Hunt’s. Hunt shot and killed four people during a three-site shooting rampage on Monday, Dec.[Read More…]
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Retiring Rockefeller promotes child health initiative
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — In one of his last acts as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care, U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Wednesday urged lawmakers to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program which will expire next year. Rockefeller spoke Wednesday morning before the House Energy and Commerce[Read More…]
More W.Va. counties enact e-cigarette bans
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Before you mash the button to light up your e-cigarette, you might want to check the local clean air regulations. Several counties in the region have passed new regulations surrounding e-cigarettes, limiting where they can be used. If you’re not familiar with an e-cigarette, it’s a type[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, Dec. 4
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. PROTESTS ERUPT AFTER GRAND JURY CLEARS WHITE POLICEMAN IN[Read More…]
W.Va. chief justice faulted in national news report
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An ABC News report is calling into question the conduct of the state Supreme Court’s chief justice. The report, titled “Lear Jet Justice in West Virginia: A ‘Circus Masquerading as a Court,’” was released Tuesday. It claims an attorney helped raise thousands of dollars for Justice Robin Davis’[Read More…]
W.Va. state revenues see healthy November bump
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With state tax collections for November exceeding estimates by $30.54 million, and topping November 2013 figures by $38.2 million, , Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss was able to declare for the first time in his tenure, “We had a very good month.” With tax collections coming in 11.5[Read More…]
W.Va. meth lab busts drop by 40 percent
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Methamphetamine lab busts in West Virginia have dropped 40 percent this year, according to the latest count released Tuesday by State Police. West Virginia law enforcement officers seized 290 of the clandestine labs through the end of November, down from 500 labs found by this time last[Read More…]
Pipeline could yield $25 million for W.Va. counties
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — By 2020, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline — a proposed joint-venture project to transport natural gas from the Marcellus Shale to Virginia and North Carolina — could generate millions in local property tax revenues for North Central West Virginia. That’s according to projections provided by Dominion, one of[Read More…]
Sheriff says W.Va. shooter should not have had gun
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The shooter in a four-person murder rampage was prohibited from having a firearm, Monongalia County Sheriff Al Kisner said Tuesday, Dec. 2. Jody Hunt was the suspected gunman in a three-site shooting spree in the Morgantown area on Monday, Dec. 1. Four people were killed — Doug[Read More…]
Oil, gas officials say W.Va. tank law goes too far
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Members of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia say the state’s requirements for above-ground storage tanks are unfair and are harming the industry. James McKinney and Jon Hildreth, both board members of IOGA, spoke Tuesday in Parkersburg, saying the rules which are meant to[Read More…]
