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Goins brothers, others in ‘13 music HOF class
CHARLESTON (AP) — Bluegrass musicians Melvin and the late Ray Goins are among seven unique state artists that will be inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. The Mercer County brothers will be part of the class of 2013 that will be inducted Nov. 16 at the state Culture Center in Charleston. Separately [...]
CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April was 6.6 percent, the lowest it’s been in four years. WorkForce West Virginia said Tuesday that’s down four-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. It says the number of unemployed state residents fell by 2,600 to 53,500. Spokeswoman Courtney Sisk said county-by-county [...]
Continue reading …HUNTINGTON (AP) — A West Virginia man accused of gunning down Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum may go on trial Oct. 21. Tennis Melvin Maynard received the date after pleading not guilty at his Wednesday arraignment. Maynard is accused of fatally shooting Crum on April 3. The sheriff was parked in downtown Williamson. After a [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON — House Speaker Rick Thompson will take over as the cabinet secretary for the state Department of Veterans Assistance next year. Keith Gwinn, who has held the position for two years, said this morning he would retire for health reasons and Thompson would take over the post. “I have to [retire],” Gwinn said. “I [...]
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BRYAN CLARK Spirit Staff WHEELING – Former sheriff Robert “Bobby” Shirley was sentenced to a prison term of one year and one day by a federal judge in Wheeling today, following a two-hour sentencing hearing. Shirley requested the privilege of self-reporting to prison, but Judge John Preston Bailey denied that request, saying that he [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey released the following statement today on the decision to expand Medicaid coverage. “While I have a great deal of respect for the Governor and the difficult choices he must make, I disagree with this decision. “At a time when one of the principal authors of Obamacare (Sen. [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin joined by U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, President and CEO of United Health System Tom Jones, and CEO of Thomas Health Systems Steve Dexter, today announced the decision to expand Medicaid in West Virginia. “We anticipate expansion will allow us to provide insurance coverage to approximately 91,500 working West Virginians, [...]
Continue reading …HUNTINGTON (AP) — Greenbrier resort owner Jim Justice has donated $5 million toward the construction of Marshall’s indoor athletic facility. Marshall announced the donation during a groundbreaking ceremony for the project Friday in Huntington. Previously, the gift had been attributed to an anonymous donor. Justice says the indoor facility will be “a source of great [...]
Continue reading …WILLIAMSON (AP) — A motorcycle rally in Mingo County will take on a special meaning this year. The Rally in the Valley set for May 3-5 in downtown Williamson will hold a motorcycle ride to honor the late Sheriff Eugene Crum. The Sheriff Eugene Crum Memorial Poker Run will be held starting at 12:30 p.m. [...]
Continue reading …BUCKHANNON (AP) — A Buckhannon man has been acquitted of causing the death of his then-girlfriend’s toddler son. An Upshur County Circuit Court jury reached the verdict Friday in the trial of 24-year-old Johnathon Andrew Clyde Queen. Queen was charged with child abuse resulting in death. Twenty-one-month-old Chandler Andrew Oberg was pronounced dead at a [...]
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