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Recent News About Mercer County Courthouse

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  Gov. Justice announces over $8.3 million in Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails grants, benefitting dozens of communities across state

  By Press release submission | Monday, Feb 28, 2022 @ 1:00am

  Gov. Justice announces over $8.3 million in Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails grants, benefitting dozens of communities across state.

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  Woman sues Mercer County Commission for injuries from courthouse fall

  By Kyla Asbury | Monday, Nov 22, 2021 @ 10:08am

  PRINCETON — A woman is suing Mercer County Commission claiming she was injured at the county courthouse.

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  New Mercer County circuit judge to be sworn in

  By Kyla Asbury | Monday, Jun 13, 2016 @ 1:44pm

  PRINCETON – A new Mercer County circuit judge will be sworn in on June 15 after Judge Omar Aboulhosn resigned to become a federal magistrate.

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• W.Va. Law Adventure mock trials rescheduled

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jan 7, 2010 @ 3:30am

  CHARLESTON -- Two middle school mock trials that are part of the West Virginia Supreme Court's West Virginia Law Adventure program are being rescheduled due to weather.

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• Benjamin, Manchin to dedicate new courtrooms

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 @ 2:25am

  CHARLESTON -- Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent D. Benjamin and Gov. Joe Manchin III will dedicate two new courtrooms in Mercer County on Monday.

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• New Mercer judge to be sworn in on Jan. 16

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009 @ 2:43pm

  CHARLESTON -– Omar J. Aboulhosn will be sworn into office as the third judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Mercer County on Jan. 16 in a courtroom at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton.

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• LAWS program gets students interested in court

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Apr 17, 2008 @ 3:41am

  Chief Justice Spike Maynard talks with students after lunch at Princeton High School on Tuesday. The state Supreme Court heard cases at the Mercer County Courthouse as part of its LAWS Program. (Photo by Jeff Gentner, courtesy of the state Supreme Court) PRINCETON- College and high school students who witness oral arguments of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals can't wait to hear who won.

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• Justices to hear cases in Princeton

  By The West Virginia Record | Friday, Apr 11, 2008 @ 2:45am

  PRINCETON -– The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will hear arguments in three criminal cases and one civil case on April 15 at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton in front of an audience of about 670 Mercer County high school and college students.

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• SupCo calendar for 4/14 issue

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Apr 10, 2008 @ 3:21am

  Argument Docket

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• SupCo calendar for 4/7 issue

  By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008 @ 12:20am

  Argument Docket

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• SupCo calendar for 3/24 issue

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 @ 2:26am

  Argument Docket

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• Supreme Court sympathizes with woman, but affirms conviction

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Apr 20, 2007 @ 2:40am

  CHARLESTON – Valerie Whittaker failed to persuade the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that she killed in self defense, but the Justices failed to banish shadows of doubt.

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