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By MONICA OROSZ Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — To hear Jamie Summerlin call himself a “baby” at running is honestly hilarious. What he lacks in years of running service he surely made up for with a little project he undertook for 100 days this spring into summer. The retired Marine from Monongalia County [...]
Continue reading …MARTINSBURG (AP) — A West Virginia man arrested while running in desert camouflage with an AR-15 training rifle is a member of the Virginia National Guard who served a tour of duty in Iraq, and his father says he’s not a terrorist. Stephen Alemar tells The Hagerstown Herald-Mail that he believes his 23-year-old son, William [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — Nearly five years after a degree scandal rocked West Virginia University and forced its president and others to resign, the case is officially closed. Special Academic Integrity Officer Nigel Clark says there will be no further action against anyone involved in altering transcripts, creating grades and awarding an advanced degree to Mylan [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — The director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank says a recommendation to de-fund the operation within five years would be a serious blow to the world’s astronomers. A committee that is assessing research facilities in the National Science Foundation’s astronomy division submitted recommendations this week to NSF leadership. It [...]
Continue reading …WELCH (AP) — McDowell County has the highest rate of child abuse and neglect in West Virginia, and the least number of foster homes for mistreated children. West Virginia Public Broadcasting says the annual KIDS Count survey shows 46 percent of students in the county don’t live with their biological parents. Joanne Boileau is regional [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia’s largest power providers spent a combined $172 million on repairs and restoring service following a June 29 windstorm, according to utility company filings with the state Public Service Commission. Eleven utilities filed the reports with the PSC on Monday detailing the extent of the damage from the storm. The Charleston [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — West Virginia University is back on top for the first time in five years, bumping off Ohio University to reclaim its title as the nation’s No. 1 party school. WVU hasn’t held the top spot since 2007, but the rankings announced Monday by The Princeton Review make it the third time. WVU [...]
Continue reading …WHEELING (AP) — Federal prosecutors in northern West Virginia have at least eight active public corruption cases under investigation and may be announcing prosecutions soon. U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld’s office launched a Public Corruption Hotline in April and has gotten about 200 tips. Ihlenfeld calls the response overwhelming. He tells WTOV-TV that most have involved [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — The death of a Monongalia County sheriff’s officer has forced at least six cases to be dismissed because he was the only responding officer. Monongalia County Prosecutor Marcia Ashdown calls the dismissed cases “a sad, consequential result” of Sgt. Todd May’s death. The Dominion Post reports five drunken driving cases and another [...]
Continue reading …MORGANTOWN (AP) — A Morgantown fundraiser received some star power from Emily Maynard of ABC’s “The Bachelorette.” Maynard attended an event Friday night at the Hotel Morgan for the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Northern West Virginia. The group serves 32 counties in the state. Maynard was born in Morgantown and moved away in junior high school. [...]
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