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.
Alan Mollohan Directing his attention toward West Virginia, political commentator Robert Novak suggests that Democratic Congressman Alan Mollohan's own ethical problems could hurt his party's chances of using the scorcher against Republicans.
In the tragic tale that is America's affair with the fire-retarding mineral asbestos, Dr. Ray Harron of Bridgeport is one of the most villainous villains.
Harron Square in Bridgeport is home to Dr. Ray Harron's office. Bridgeport radiologist Ray A. Harron, labeled "a vital cog" in the nation's multibillion-dollar asbestos and silicosis "lawsuit machine," has been the subject of glaring local and national media attention lately.