by Robin Abcarian I can barely keep count of the people I know who have had a falling out with family members or friends over Donald Trump, […]
Tag: courts
Biden’s push to change federal courts
by Carl P. Leubsdorf If Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, as seems likely, the high court will come closer to reflecting the […]
Mon County Grand Jury returns January 2022 indictments
The first Monongalia County grand jury of 2022 met Jan. 6, 10-11, resulting in indictments for 107 defendants accused of felonies. An indictment is a formal criminal […]
West Virginia Academy among schools affected by latest charter school ruling
MORGANTOWN — An injunction by a Kanawah County judge blocking charter school approval could affect the way West Virginia Academy opens in Fall 2022. John Treu, West […]
Selin ‘disappointed’ in police review board ruling, says council will discuss next move
MORGANTOWN — “Naturally, I’m disappointed,” Morgantown Mayor Jenny Selin said when asked about Monongalia County Circuit Judge Susan Tucker’s Thursday ruling invalidating a city ordinance establishing the […]
Socking Trump’s enablers in the wallet
by Mark Z. Barabak As the holiday season begins, let’s raise a glass, a drumstick, a latke — or all three! — to a magistrate judge in […]
America’s broken justice system
by Will Bunch You’ve probably heard the old political maxim, most popular in the crime-ridden 1970s, that a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged. In the […]
Give preventative justice a chance
by Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine People want justice. They demanded that Derek Chauvin be punished for killing George Floyd. They wanted Harvey Weinstein to go […]
Woman pleads guilty to tax fraud
Architecture firm bookkeeper withheld nearly $2M from IRS Newsroom@DominionPost.com An area woman pleaded guilty Thursday to willfully failing to pay over to the IRS employment taxes withheld from […]
Sentencing for Gary Smith II postponed after request for new counsel
MORGANTOWN — The sentencing of Gary Smith II, 60, of Morgantown, has been postponed. Smith previously entered an Alford plea to the charge of the first degree […]