KINGWOOD — Preston Sheriff Dan Loughrie said he and his wife, Donna, are looking forward to spending time with their children and grandchildren who live out of state after he leaves office. West Virginia has a two-consecutive-term limit for sheriff, so Loughrie ...
KINGWOOD — Preston County Commissioners agreed Thursday to a buy out and/or trade off of comp and vacation days sheriff’s deputies would lose Dec. 31 because they didn’t use them. Commissioners voted 3-0 to pay deputies for any compensatory days off (CDOs) they have left on Dec. 31 ...
KINGWOOD — The Preston Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday to further discuss whether to allow deputy sheriffs to convert unused vacation days to sick days, which in turn can be used toward retirement. The discussion began at last week’s commission meeting and continued ...
KINGWOOD — Although the votes aren’t final until the canvass is completed, Republican Paul “Moe” Pritt received 10,915 votes in his bid for sheriff, and his opponent, Democrat Arnold D. Tichnell, received 3,013. Pritt has served the county as Chief Deputy ...
KINGWOOD — A Preston County man faces multiple theft charges. John Mathew Curtis, 31, with addresses in Masontown and Terra Alta on criminal complaints, is charged with September and October thefts. He was in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail Friday in lieu of $205,000 ...
KINGWOOD — A Huntington woman is charged with endangering a 1-year-old child by leaving him near dangerous substances while she was unconscious. Laura Sue Young, 36, was charged with felony child neglect creating risk of injury by Preston Sheriff’s Deputy T.A. Nestor. According to ...