U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin poses with the 40 high school juniors who were given Ambassador for Justice Awards on April 23. (Courtesy photo) CHARLESTON -- On April 23, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin honored 40 high school juniors with the U.S. Attorney's Ambassador for Justice Award during a ceremony at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Federal Courthouse.
POINT PLEASANT – Following a judge's ruling he was improperly fired, a former Mason County Sheriff's deputy has been given his salary while on hiatus and the opportunity to put everthing behind him.
POINT PLEASANT – Finding that he was not afforded the opportunity of a pre-disciplinary hearing as required by state law, a judge has reversed a civil service panel's decision upholding the termination of a Mason County sheriff's deputy.
MARTINSBURG – The state Supreme Court's recent decision in a Jefferson County deputy sheriff's termination may have an immediate implication for yet another similar case pending in the lower courts, this time in neighboring Berkeley County.
POINT PLEASANT – The state Supreme Court's recent decision in the appeal of a former Jefferson County deputy sheriff's termination has implications for a pending case in Mason County where a former deputy sheriff there alleges he, too, was not provided a pre-disciplinary hearing prior to his termination.
The Mason County Public Service District office in Point Pleasant. (Photo by Lawrence Smith) POINT PLEASANT – A former employee of the Mason County Public Service District alleges he was abruptly and improperly fired due to health, and family reasons.