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Justices hear arguments on charter school approvals

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 ...

Philadelphia man charged for fentanyl possession

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 ...

Supreme Court to consider charter system

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 ...

Dalton hearing concludes, decision still weeks away

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 ...