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Homeschools need more oversight

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:04:00 +0000

In the wake of 14-year-old Kyneddi Miller’s death earlier this year, two of the West Virginia Senate’s top Republicans are calling for a reevaluation — and possible tightening — of […]

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How legislators can protect children

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:04:00 +0000

One of the good bills moving through the West Virginia Legislature is SB 474, to create a “critical incident review team” to examine when a child known to Child Protective […]

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W.Va. Child Protective Services needs sunlight

Hoppy Kercheval, WVMetroNews.com — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:15:00 +0000

Last October, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home in Sissonville to investigate a report of suspected child abuse. When they arrived, the police made a shocking discovery. […]

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Where are the heroes our kids need?

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 04:03:00 +0000

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘it’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then […]

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Preston County’s new magistrate sworn in

Jeniffer Graham/ The Dominion Post — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:55:18 +0000

KINGWOOD — Preston County’s newest magistrate was sworn in Friday afternoon. Peggy Pase was sworn in by Circuit Court Judge Stephen Shaffer. She will finish the term left vacant by […]

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CPS death spiral

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:04:00 +0000

We were all horrified by the discovery of two teenagers locked in a shed in Sissonville early this month. It quickly became clear that the home had been reported to […]

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Sen. seeks closer scrutiny of CPS

WVMetroNews.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:10:06 +0000

BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — State Sen. Mike Stuart (R-7th) believes the time has come for the Legislature to take a much closer look at the internal workings of West […]

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Why is Child Protective Services hiding?

Hoppy Kercheval, WVMetroNews.com — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 03:02:00 +0000

Earlier this month, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home in Sissonville to investigate a report of suspected child abuse. When they arrived, deputies made a shocking discovery […]

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CPS referral backlog tops 400 in courts

WVMetroNews.com — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:55:06 +0000

BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — An Eastern Panhandle judge told state lawmakers Monday that despite improvements in pay for Child Protective Services workers in his region, there is still a […]

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Deputies visited Sissonville home on two previous occasions

WVMetroNews.com — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:40:10 +0000

BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — This week’s discovery of two children locked in a shed at a Kanawha County home has landed those two children along with three others in […]

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