News from April 2006
See no evil?
A dirty little secret of most media bias is that it is invisible. Hunt hard for that offending word or slanted sentence, but you'll usually come up empty-handed.
Letter: Shame on you, Record
Harvey D. Peyton Dear Editor: In your latest Our View ("No defense for the indefensible," April 7), you refer to "cheap" efforts on my part to point out "unfairness of juries" and "incompetence of judges" as part of the current debate over West Virginia courts. You assert that no such claims have been made. Shame on you.
Tobacco settlement pits winner states against losers
Stanford professor Jeremy Bulow Smokers buy as many cigarettes in Virginia as in New York, but New York makes six times as much as Virginia in the deal between states and cigarette makers.
Greed may be catching up to asbestos 'prepack' bankruptcy players
For decades asbestos and silicosis litigation has clogged the nation's courts, bankrupted American companies and lined the pockets of plaintiff's attorneys.
This just in: Kanawha County
April 6
This Just In: Wayne County
March 7
This Just In: Cabell County
April 7
This Just In: Berkeley County
March 31
This Just In: Mason County
April 6
This Just In: Ohio County
April 10
This just in: Monongalia County
April 12
WVU takes businesses to global market
MORGANTOWN -- Business leaders from across the state with hopes of expanding to Asia and other parts of the world are getting help at the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics.
Appointment of special assistant AGs terminated
Darrell McGraw CHARLESTON - The office of state Attorney General Darrell McGraw, Jr. has terminated the Jan. 27 appointments of Weirton attorneys M. Eric Frankovitch and Michael Simon as special assistant Attorneys General.
Calhoun County native featured in Washington Post
Jed Purdy Calhoun County native Jed Purdy, elevated to national fame after authoring a book in his second year of law school, is the subject of a Washington Post feature article April 13.
Morgantown magistrate named in civil case
MORGANTOWN - A man charged with driving under the influence has filed a Writ of Prohibition in Monongalia Circuit Court, asking that Magistrate Jennifer Wilson be ordered to drop her decision regarding his second offense of driving with a suspended license.
Voting snafu has Kanawha official worried about lawsuits
Kent Carper CHARLESTON – When early voting for the May primary election began Wednesday, many West Virginia counties had to fall back to paper and optical scan ballots. The vendor chosen to supply new touch screen machines didn't get the machines programmed in time. That snafu has Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper worried about potential lawsuits.
Woman sues over alleged wrongful survey
WAYNE - A Huntington woman is charging a Lavalette man with performing a wrongful survey on her land and costing her $200,000.
Man with mangled arm sues employer
HUNTINGTON - A Culloden man diagnosed with nerve injuries to his left arm is suing CSX Transportation, the successor-in-interest to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, for failing to provide a safe place to work.
Pizzeria Uno owners being sued again
HUNTINGTON - A construction company in Hurricane has filed a lawsuit against Absolut-Huntington, doing business as Pizzeria Uno, claiming that it did not fully compensate it for a building project.
Expert to discuss coal liquefaction in China at WVU
MORGANTOWN -- The National Research Center for Coal and Energy at West Virginia University will hold its next Energy Seminar from 11 a.m. to noon on April 25 in the NRCCE Assembly Rooms, featuring Xiangkun Ren on "Coal Liquefaction in China."