Tommy Toler CHARLESTON – Suspended Wayne County Magistrate Tommy Toler has been granted disability retirement benefits by the state Consolidated Public Retirement Board.
Don Blankenship HUNTINGTON – Legislators who expected to weaken Massey Energy president Don Blankenship by requiring him to put his name on political advertisements made him stronger, according to House judiciary committee chair Jon Amores.
Aly Goodwin Gregg CHARLESTON -- West Virginia public relations and advertising veterans Patrick Gallagher and Aly Goodwin Gregg announced the formation of a new communications firm with offices in Charleston and Morgantown. The new firm, Gallagher/Goodwin-Gregg Communications Group is jointly owned by the two communications professionals.
Hiram Moore HUNTINGTON - A former West Virginia prep star and current member of the Marshall University football team is charged with not making payments on a loan used to purchase his car.
The baby formula stealing conviction of a former Marshall University student is a dramatic example of the ease with which law enforcement officials can gather foreign intelligence to investigate domestic crimes.
Harry Bell CHARLESTON – Less than three months ago, West Virginia University's football team stormed the Georgia Dome and picked up an impressive Sugar Bowl victory. Now, the Mountaineer basketball team has taken up residence in the dome, hoping to earn a spot in the NCAA Elite Eight or even the Final Four.
I write to show support for a law school at Marshall University. Such an expansion of professional education is long overdue. It would show that the state of West Virginia is serious about providing academic opportunities for its citizens.
William Shaffer v. David A. Denning, M.D., University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., Cabell Huntington Hospital, the Board of Governors of Marshall University
Cory Dennison CHARLESTON – Cory Dennison played football for Marshall University, and he's now a third-year law student at West Virginia University. But when it comes to picking sides in Wednesday's annual Toyota Capital Classic basketball game, he isn't torn. He bleeds green and white.
Marc Williams HUNTINGTON – A Huntington attorney has been named Second Vice President of the nation’s largest organization of defense trial lawyers, and he will become president of the group in 2008.