WESTOVER — Two separate lawsuits alleging violent misconduct by Westover Police officers have been settled by the city’s liability insurer for a total of $1.1 million. City Attorney Tim Stranko […]
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FOC raising money for road work
Friends of the Cheat is trying to raise $10,000 to maintain access to the Cheat River and Big Sandy River. This year, the focus is on the Jenkinsburg area. The […]
AREA ARRESTS
UNIVERSITY POLICE Hoy, Thomas Andrew, 19, of Mountainside, Nj., possession, March 28, Officer Gray. Suarez, Jacey, 18, of Cameron, domestic battery, April 1, Officer Cleveland. MON SHERIFF’S Louden, Brandon A., […]
‘John was my buddy’: Family, friends gather to say goodbye to Mon lawmaker John Pyles
Two TV screens positioned above the communion table at Wesley United Methodist Church told an American tale Monday morning. The telling was in the form of an endless loop of […]
CBS News giving Mulvaney a paid gig is an act of journalistic malpractice
by Kurt Bardella From mid-December 2018 through early March 2020, Mick Mulvaney, a former member of Congress from South Carolina, served as President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff. On […]
Why I’ve become an Austrian citizen
by Nicholas Goldberg My mother and grandmother fled Vienna in September 1938. I don’t know whether they left by car or by train or whether it was day or night, […]
As Biden’s son is investigated, Joe is staying out of it
It’s still unclear whether the smoke around Hunter Biden’s foreign financial connections actually indicates a fire. That’s what federal investigators are (and should be) exploring. But here’s what’s already clear […]
April 3 letters to the editor
Save a life. Be an organ donor Every day, more people join the national organ transplant waiting list. By the end of this week, more than 140 Americans will die […]
Guest essay: It takes a village to fight fentanyl
by William Ihlenfeld West Virginia has long struggled with addiction, and the tremendous harm suffered by its people is well documented. But just when we thought that the worst was […]
Guest essay: Defense Logistics Agency weighs in on 1033 program donations
by Michelle McCaskill After reading the editorial “Police should send military-grade equipment back to the battlefield,” I wanted to point out that while I understand the humanitarian intention of the […]
