Starcher CHARLESTON – Some critics are bothered by the timing of phone calls between state Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher and candidate Menis Ketchum, saying the timeline "raise serious questions."
MORGANTOWN – The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has sued West Virginia University for not responding to a series of Freedom of Information Act requests regarding whether Gov. Joe Manchin's daughter fulfilled requirements for a master's degree.
CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Chief Justice Spike Maynard is on the offensive, saying he's been on the receiving end of "dirty tricks," "disgusting" antics and "gotcha politics."
Starcher CHARLESTON – During one week in January, state Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher called Supreme Court candidate Menis Ketchum 11 times from his state-issued cell phone.
Rodriguez MORGANTOWN – On the day before the first hearing in a $4 million struggle between West Virginia University and former football coach Rich Rodriguez, the coach claimed that university president Mike Garrison fraudulently induced him to sign his contract.
Rodriguez MORGANTOWN – Former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez leans on Internet gossip to support his claim that the university leaked news of a lawsuit against him before serving the suit on him.
SOUTH CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher spoke March 24 at the monthly meeting of the Kanawha County Federation of Democratic Women at the South Charleston Public Library. His speech was titled "Our 'Real Democrats.'"
Maynard MORGANTOWN – Demand for homes keeps rising in the Eastern Panhandle, but some residents of the region can't bear to bid farewell to orchards and barns.
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia University can't release records on Heather Bresch, daughter of Gov. Joe Manchin, to a Pittsburgh newspaper without carefully examining the records first, according to WVU General Counsel Alex Macia.
Workman CHARLESTON – Former state Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman has proposed she and the other candidates in this year's Supreme Court race sign a pledge to limit campaign spending.
Rodriguez MORGANTOWN - Monongalia Circuit Judge Robert Stone has set an April 3 hearing on West Virginia University's motions to speed up a suit against former football coach Rich Rodriguez and make him answer questions about his decision to leave.
Maynard MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University law student David Stackpole succeeded in trimming a few years off a fictitious mobster's manslaughter sentence, earning the law school's annual Baker Cup moot court competition.
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Roundtable's leadership conference, Developing West Virginia's Future Leaders: A Look at the Four Generations at Work, will take place at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown on April 22-23.
Rodriguez MORGANTOWN – Attorneys for West Virginia University plan to question former football coach Rich Rodriguez under oath about his resignation, and attorneys for Rodriguez plan to question WVU Athletic Director Ed Pastilong.