KINGWOOD — Eleven Preston High School junior girls will compete for the opportunity to reign as Queen Ceres during the 78th Annual Preston County Buckwheat Festival. Sixteen contestants participated in the mini pageant on Saturday. The selection process included an interview with ...
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Commission and Public Service District 1 are asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former PSD 1 employee. John Keener filed suit in Preston Circuit Court in December, alleging nepotism, age discrimination and lack of pay. The commission was sued ...
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Feb. 18. This was the last day for Senators to introduce bills. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 646, to allow law enforcement to use automated license plate reader systems under specified conditions. Sen. Charles Clements, R-Wetzel, lead sponsor; Sen. Mike Maroney, R-Marshall, co-sponsor. SB 647, to change the period for vehicle inspections from annual to every two years. SB 658, to allow a person with a felony conviction to acquire a vehicle salesperson license if the ...
CHARLESTON – By a single vote, the state Senate approved the bill to create an intermediate appeals court bill, SB 266, and sent it to the House. Unlike previous years, this intermediate court bill came down from the governor. SB 266 passed 17-16. Three Republicans crossed the ...
CHARLESTON — An amendment to be proposed in the state Senate on the omnibus education bill would include 1,000 education savings accounts and up to seven charter schools. The Senate was set to come back in at 2:30 p.m. to consider the education bill, which went through major changes in ...
CHARLESTON — Lawyers for former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum are asking that he only be placed on probation or fined when he is sentenced this month on a federal wire fraud charge. Federal prosecutors counter that an appropriate punishment for Ketchum would be ...
