A now-retired vice principal who is at the center of a student assault case at North Elementary School, reported to Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Monday to answer a charge of battery. Carol Muniz, who police say was observed on school surveillance video hitting a student with her ...
Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that he appointed Paul W. Gwaltney Jr. as judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit, which serves Monongalia County. Gwaltney graduated in the top 15% of his class at WVU College of Law in 2003, where he served on West Virginia Law Review as an associate editor and an executive research editor. In 2013, Gwaltney was named a “Rising Star” by the Super Lawyers publication for his outstanding contributions to the legal profession. In his spare time, Gwaltney attends Calvary Chapel Morgantown, where his family has worshiped for the last 10 ...
West Virginia Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday about whether the system being used to approve charter schools is constitutional. Charter schools receive financial support from the state’s public education system and are given greater operational latitude in exchange for the possibility of losing their right to operate if they fail. Because they receive public funding, they are considered public schools. The legal battle is over whether they may be authorized through a newly established Professional Charter Schools Board, whose members are appointed by the governor ...
A Philadelphia man is in custody after Monongalia County deputies found him and another person unresponsive in their vehicle. On May 4, Deputies Watkins and Hall encountered Tarik Jamal Bellinger, 31, of Philadelphia, and Natasha Beal, 34, at Mollisee Village off of Price Hill ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Supreme Court justices will consider whether the state’s system of approving charter schools is constitutional. Justices will hear oral arguments at 10 a.m. today. Charter schools receive financial support from the state’s public education system and would be given greater operational latitude in exchange for the possibility of losing their right to operate if they fail. Because they receive public funding, they are considered public schools. The legal battle is not about whether West Virginia can have charter schools, but instead whether they ...
The Civil Service hearing for former Westover Police Lt. Aaron Dalton, which began in late February, ended Monday after a fourth day of testimony before Westover Civil Service Commissioners Justin White, Jessica Thompson and Robert Berryman. The commissioners will now review all evidence and testimony before deciding whether Dalton should be reinstated to the department. While much of the testimony heard previously surrounded alleged civil rights violations, an illegal search and a “laundry list” of accusations from co-workers against Dalton, Monday’s hearing heard ...
