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Supreme Court takes over Hope Scholarship appeal: Promises hearing soon, says no to stay

West Virginia’s Supreme Court has taken over consideration of whether a scholarship for students leaving the public school system violates the state constitution. A majority of justices rejected a motion to stay a lower court’s decision to halt the Hope Scholarship, but the Supreme Court did agree to consider the issue swiftly. Justices set oral arguments for Oct. 4. The issue had been the first big case before West Virginia’s new intermediate court of appeals. Now the Supreme Court will hear the appeal instead. Those decisions were expressed in an order released Thursday ...

Mon deputy on paid leave after federal indictment

Deputy Sheriff Lance Kuretza of the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department, has been placed on paid administrative leave following a federal indictment handed down by a federal grand jury, according to a press release from department officials. The indictment was announced Thursday ...

Westover welcomes two police recruits

Two new officer recruits to the Westover Police Department were officially sworn in Thursday morning in the Westover City Hall council chambers. “We have two fine young gentlemen,” Chief Joe Adams said of his new rookies, Logan Clingerman and Benjamin Scott, who officially took their ...

Martinsburg woman jailed after physical altercation with deputies

A reported disturbance at West Run Apartments in Morgantown on Sunday evolved into multiple misdemeanor charges for a Martinsburg woman after she allegedly began an altercation with deputies. Kelly Lynn Fairfax, 21, of Martinsburg is being held at North Central Regional Jail on $7,500 bond ...

Child neglect, drugs, firearm violations among charges against Westover man

A Westover man charged with multiple felonies was arraigned Aug. 13 in Monongalia County Magistrate Court and is being held on $100,000 bond. According to police reports, officers from the Westover Police Department executed a search warrant Aug. 6 at an apartment on East Street in ...