Senate Judiciary OKs intermediate appeals court bill; goes to Finance

January 28, 2019

CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary on Monday approved SB 266, the intermediate appeals court bill, and sent it on to Finance. The committee was divided but the bill passed on an apparently party-line voice vote. Members approved one amendment to benefit property owners in oil and gas cases and denied one proposed to discourage insurance companies from delaying cases. The committee also heard for two layers representing two layers’ professional groups – one for the bll, one against. Mark Hayes, vice president of the 500-member West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel, spoke for ...

Magistrates in Monongalia County have one of the highest workloads in the state

January 28, 2019

MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County’s four magistrates were each assigned about 2,500 cases in 2017, split between criminal, civil and special proceedings. With a caseload among the highest in the state, most cases are allotted just 15 minutes in an effort to keep up with demand, but a bill in ...

Late gunsmith’s first Mountaineer muzzleloader to be auctioned for charity

January 28, 2019

MORGANTOWN — Speechless, humbled, overwhelmed. Those are some of the words Kevin Turner used to describe the feeling he gets from his work with Holy Pursuits Dream Foundation, a non-profit he founded with his son and daughter-in-law to provide hunting and fishing adventures for kids ...

Preston Commission to help residents pay for EMT classes

January 28, 2019

KINGWOOD — Preston Commissioners agreed Monday to help residents pay for EMT courses. Kelly Fike of the Preston County Ambulance Association brought the proposal to commissioners, asking that they use money that would have been allocated to Valley Ambulance — which no longer exists — to ...

Viking Performance hosts strongman tournament, Battle in the Blizzard

January 27, 2019

MORGANTOWN — If that beer keg had been, say, a wispy little cornerback instead, Andrew Presnell would have made the ESPN highlight reel all day long. Presnell, a former offensive lineman for the University of Connecticut football team, muscled the vessel up to his chest, then his shoulder, ...

County, municipalities, WVU renew inmate transport agreement

January 27, 2019

MORGANTOWN — Since the closure of the county jail in 2012 an agreement has been in place through which the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department handles prisoner transport for the Morgantown, Westover, Star City, Granville and WVU police departments. The agencies are billed $35 per trip ...