By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a matter of 24 hours, Huntington native Evan Jenkins went from being a member of the United States House of Representatives to a temporary justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court. Jenkins, 58, took the oath of office to serve on[Read More…]
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Nine charged with trespassing at Manchin’s office after protesting Kavanaugh
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail This story was updated at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday to reflect charges filed after its original publication CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nine women were charged with trespassing just before 1 a.m. Tuesday after staging a sit-in at Sen. Joe Manchin’s Charleston campaign office, calling on him to[Read More…]
Morrisey goes after Manchin on gun rights
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Patrick Morrisey hosted a campaign stop at a gun store. Joe Manchin shot a lawsuit with a rifle in a campaign ad. It was another day in West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race. With a little more than a month until the midterm[Read More…]
WVU College of Media partners with PolitiFact
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Reed College of Media is partnering with PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization, to help train student journalists how to properly fact-check. Bob Britten, a teaching associate professor in the College of Media, is leading a class that has been working[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, October 2
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Oct. 2, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE QUESTIONING The truthfulness of Brett Kavanaugh’s sworn testimony to the Senate as[Read More…]
Trials begin in Senate, federal court for West Virginia Supreme Court justices
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Trials for current and former West Virginia Supreme Court justices and a ceremony for a new, temporary justice have filled up state government’s calendar for the first week of October. Monday is set to mark the start of the first in a[Read More…]
President Donald Trump campaigns for Patrick Morrisey in Wheeling
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — President Donald J. Trump announced here Saturday night he must change his iconic “Make America Great Again” slogan in time for the 2020 election. As economy and employment numbers start to improve, he suggested two years from now voters[Read More…]
President gets strong reaction from crowd in Wheeling
By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH For The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — They danced and sang, chanted and waved signs — and they expressed overwhelming support for President Donald J. Trump. The thousands of people who visited WesBanco Arena in downtown Wheeling on Saturday evening cheered as the President spoke,[Read More…]
Protesters outnumbered by Trump supporters in Wheeling
By HEATHER ZIEGLER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The “Friendly City” was witness to some terse words between supporters and non-supporters of President Donald Trump as hundreds of people lined Main Street on Saturday hours before his arrival at WesBanco Arena. As the crowd grew and snaked[Read More…]
