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CHARLES TOWN – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey loaned his campaign $1.44 million on the way to his election in 2012. Recent campaign finance reports show that $1.36 million of those loans are still outstanding, despite three post-election fundraisers he has held. Morrisey’s annual report shows that he has received $167,323 in total contributions designated for [...]
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Shooting suspect bought multiple guns CHARLESTON — A prosecutor says a man accused of killing a West Virginia sheriff bought several guns — not just one — after he had been determined legally ineligible to own them. Mingo County Prosecutor Michael Sparks says the purchases were made after February 2010, when 37-year-old Tennis Maynard was [...]
Continue reading …April 7 4:08 a.m. New Oak Tree Court, assist W.Va. State Police (disturbance), assistance rendered 2:16 p.m. North George Street, alarm, building secure 2:19 p.m. North Samuel Street, alarm, building secure 2:25 p.m. East Washington Street, alarm, building secure 10:46 p.m. East Liberty Street, suspicious persons, area checked/unable to locate 11:15 p.m. West [...]
Continue reading …April 7 12:51 p.m. Kearneysville Pike, breaking and entering other than dwelling, report taken April 8 10:52 p.m. East Washington Street, shoplifting, report taken April 9 3:39 p.m. Somerset Boulevard, petit larceny, report taken April 10 8 a.m. Triangle Farm Lane, breaking and entering/petit larceny, report taken 9 a.m. Paintfield Drive, destruction of [...]
Continue reading …State is all aboard with MARC bill The average daily ridership of the Maryland Area Regional Commuter train’s Brunswick rail line was about 7,784 passengers in 2012, of which about 270 embark and disembark at the two train stations in Jefferson County (another 186 passengers board in Martinsburg). It’s for these riders that state [...]
Continue reading …PRAISE for the Jefferson County Board of Education in its selection last week of Larry Togans to the vacancy created when Pete Dougherty left the board to become sheriff. While the board would have done well with either Alan Sturm or Laurie Ogden – the two others considered ahead of an April 13 deadline – [...]
Continue reading …“… On similar ground it may be proved, that no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs to the living generation: they may manage it then, and what proceeds from it, as they please, during their usufruct. They are masters, too, of their own persons, and consequently may [...]
Continue reading …“Liberals don’t know anything about guns.” I’ve heard that stereotype more than a few times in my life, and more so in the months since the massacre at Newtown, Conn. Like most stereotypes, it’s a twisted view of reality, repeated by people trying to prop up their argument —in this case, the pro-gun argument. Actually, [...]
Continue reading …Where was Spirit on gun resolution? On April 4 the Jefferson County Commission debated the adoption of a resolution presented by the Shepherdstown Quakers. The resolution would have “The elected government of Jefferson County … strongly (urge) our Governor, State Legislators, the President of the United States and Congress to pursue all necessary and reasonable [...]
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