Judging by the way defendants plead in court cases, you'd have to conclude that virtually everyone is innocent. That's because the guilty frequently plead not guilty.
PARSONS — A West Virginia attorney has teamed up with the J.R. Clifford Project to release a book shining new light on some of the state’s old civil rights cases. Thomas Rodd recently published "Stories from West Virginia's Civil Rights History, A New Home for Liberty" under Quarrier Press, with the West Virginia public libraries as its main recipient. The book deals with what Rodd calls West Virginia's "unique" place in civil rights history and aims to improve public understanding.
PETERSBURG – A Grant County man says he was wrongfully terminated by a waste collection company. Logan and Tabitha Willis of Maysville filed their complaint Aug. 26 against Hott Disposal Services Inc. and John Paul Hott II in Grant Circuit Court. Hott is the owner, sole shareholder and only officer of the company, according to the complaint.
Last month, we commented on a study by National Economic Research Associates concerning the “significant negative economic impacts” of an EPA proposal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil-fuel power plants.
If you devoured eight plates of Kung Pao Beef at an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, would you later blame intestinal distress on a fortune cookie consumed at the end of your marathon meal?
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court on Nov. 16 upheld the Lewis County Circuit Court’s dismissal of an oil and gas rights dispute between heirs of a 200-acre tract in Lewis County.
Ketchum CHARLESTON – Accountants who owe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation about $23 million for failing to detect a big fraud at little Keystone Bank can't shift part of the cost to Keystone's lawyers, the Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
Berger CHARLESTON – Federal agents probing 29 deaths at Upper Big Branch mine must interview witnesses privately to protect the integrity of the investigation, according to assistant U.S. Attorney Carol Casto of Charleston.
CHARLESTON – West Virginians will pay the highest electric rates in the nation if Congress enacts a carbon tax and West Virginia doesn't diversify its power supply, Sierra Club lawyer William DePaulo told the Supreme Court of Appeals.
CHARLESTON -- Last week, state and local economic development officials, public utility managers and board members, mayors, county executives, state and local environmental representatives, business and community leaders, and citizens came to Charleston for the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) fall conference.
