Three attorneys from a nonprofit law firm formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy have joined a federal lawsuit against two Westover police officers and the department's former chief. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law joined the civil suit filed by Umina ...
By Will Dean and Kathy Plum Newsroom@DominionPost.com Counties in West Virginia are responsible for a lot of bills — including the cost of housing inmates from the county being held in regional jails. That makes the 81% increase in inmate population from 2000-2019 a problem for some counties. That population increase was one finding in a report by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy released this month. The report found the state’s regional jails are primarily used to hold people who are awaiting trial. Each has been charged with a crime but ...
Regional jail costs have risen. Read more about the cost to Mon and Preston counties and what officials think could ease the burden HERE By Will Dean and Kathy Plum Newsroom@DominionPost.com State law makes counties responsible for regional jail bills for all people from ...
KINGWOOD — A Preston County assistant prosecutor said she will seek a grand jury indictment for a second murder against Andrew Woods Prudnick. Assistant Prosecutor Megan Fields made the statement during a bond modification hearing Wednesday in Preston County Magistrate ...
Think about those once-dilapidated warehouses now transformed into the bustling Wharf District. Or the city’s walking and biking paths that were once a tangle of rusted rails and tumbling banks along the Monongahela River. Consider Mylan Park and its now-destination ...
A judge sanctioned Daren Bieniek for committing multiple probation violations and sentenced him to 60 days in jail Monday. The state requested Chief Judge Cindy Scott revoke Bieniek’s probation after a surprise home inspection by a probation officer in September found Bieniek ...
