The newly named State Police superintendent says there’s plenty of work ahead to shore up the agency, determine whether all upper level managers are appropriate for their roles and dive more deeply into a multi-faceted investigation that already led to the resignation of his ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia State Police superintendent who resigned this week said he is a scapegoat over a multifaceted investigation of the agency. “No doubt I was going to be dismissed if I hadn’t,” Jan Cahill said of his Monday morning resignation. “I’ll just be quite ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice, during a Monday press conference, described three areas of inquiry into the West Virginia State Police. They involve video recordings in a state police women’s locker room several years ago, the involvement of a trooper in a theft at a casino and an ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that he has accepted the resignation of West Virginia State Police Superintendent Jan Cahill amid an investigation of the agency that seems primed to continue at multiple levels. The governor named an acting superintendent, Jack Chambers, ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate is trying once again to allow small counties to support their EMS and other services by imposing an amusement tax. The Government Organization approved the bill, SB 105, on Tuesday. The committee also gave its OK to a bill urging State Police to allot ...
A Preston County grandfather is facing child neglect charges after state troopers witnessed him driving erratically with his grandchildren in the vehicle. During an unrelated traffic stop on Wednesday, a driver alerted police that there was a tan SUV involved in a possible domestic dispute ...