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GREENWOOD (AP) — For decades, politicians and policymakers have debated what to do about West Virginia’s overcrowded jails and prisons. But the “crisis of disturbing proportions” the state Supreme Court predicted in 2002 still looms. Twice as many convicted felons now sit in regional jails, waiting for a prison bed. The justices urged legislators to [...]
Continue reading …AKRON, OH – More than 6,100 FirstEnergy employees, contractors, and outside utility crew members continue their around-the-clock efforts to restore service to the 81,000 Mon Power and Potomac Edison customers in West Virginia who remain without service as a result of severe storms that have hit the region. Mon Power has restored power to more [...]
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PRESS RELEASE Martinsburg Police Department On Wednesday, July 04, 2012, an event to celebrate the 4th of July was scheduled at War Memorial Park, in Martinsburg West Virginia. During the course of events on the date, officers were scheduled for crowd control in the park. At approximately 8pm on this date, several gunshots were heard [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — Morgantown police are increasing their downtown presence following complaints from business owners about vagrancy. Lt. Harold Sperringer says 15-year veteran officer Steve Bennett has volunteered for a new foot patrol and started walking his beat Tuesday. His shift runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and he will talk with local business [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The West Virginia Army National Guard says the military uniforms that people may be seeing at The Greenbrier resort have nothing to do with storm recovery. Lt. Col. David Lester says officers at the White Sulphur Springs resort are actually part of a specialized civil support team that was expected to be [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia has ended its budget year with a surplus considered healthy enough for Medicaid and other needs. Scheduled tax cuts also remain on track. General tax revenues in June topped $365 million. That gave West Virginia $4.1 billion for the budget year, or $87 million more than expected. Once state agencies [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A former Huntington convenience store owner faces up to five years in prison for food stamp fraud. Media outlets report that 34-year-old Ibrahim Osman Owayda pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Charleston to defrauding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says Owayda admitted giving 50 to [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A California debt collection company has agreed to refund $1.7 million to 124 consumers in West Virginia and cancel their debts. West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced the agreement with Irvine, Calif.-based DP & Associates on Tuesday. The agreement stems from an investigation of a consumer’s complaint by McGraw’s office. The [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — West Virginia University has created a new degree program in Latin American studies. Professor Ángel Tuninetti says a significant number of students are preparing to declare the program their major or minor. He says the program will benefit not only students studying arts and sciences, but also engineering and business students who [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — The wait in Morgantown is over. As of Sunday, West Virginia University is officially part of the Big 12 Conference. The clock on WVU’s official athletics web site steadily counted down this week, while crews painted the new conference logo on Mountaineer Field. President Jim Clements and Athletic Director Oliver Luck will [...]
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