News from October 2006
This Just In: Putnam County
Oct. 11
This just in: Ohio County
Oct. 11
This just in: Jefferson County
Oct. 10
This just in: Monongalia County
Oct. 10
This just in: Cabell County
Oct. 16
This just in: Brooke County
Oct. 12
Dues denies allegations of fraud, drug use
CHARLESTON – A South Charleston attorney says a Dunbar woman's motion to reopen her malpractice case against him is without merit as well as her allegations he's a user of illegal drugs.
Judges, journalists swap roles at conference
WHEELING – Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King compared his job to ditch digging as journalists and judges reversed roles at a statewide judicial education conference Oct. 17.
Standalone art for 10/23 issue: Yeager flies into West Virginia
Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was in town over the last few days for a variety of public appearances and events. In addition to a dinner Wednesday night to honor him in South Charleston, he was to help dedicate the new Lincoln County High School, to help dedicate a veterans' monument a few miles from his hometown of Hamlin and speak to Yeager Scholars at Marshall University.
Domestic violence awareness dinner moved
CHARLESTON -- To avoid conflict with another domestic violence awareness event, the Domestic Violence Counseling Center and the Healing Through Creativity program of Hurricane's Museum in the Community is moving the dinner its hosting back a week.
Residents say DuPont impeding science panel
PARKERSBURG - Parkersburg-area residents say DuPont has tampered with the terms of a $107.8 million settlement stemming from a lawsuit that alleged the company exposed them to the chemical C8.
Judge stamps Jesus settlement
CLARKSBURG - A federal judge Wednesday approved the settlement of the Jesus of Bridgeport case, which two county residents brought against the Harrison County Board of Education.
Kia to blame for accident, suit says
CHARLES TOWN - A Jefferson County couple says their Kia minivan was defective, and the air bags failed to deploy during a July accident.
Woman charges police brutality
MARTINSBURG - A Berkeley County woman says a Martinsburg city policeman broke her arm in several places and called her a "bitch" during an unlawful arrest.
Berger standalone for p1 -- Berger named WVU Alumna of the Year
MORGANTOWN - Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene Berger was honored Oct. 14 as West Virginia University Alumni Association's Alumna of the Year during Homecoming weekend at her alma mater.
Who's suing who in flood trial?
BECKLEY – Five years after hundreds of residents in the Coal River watershed sued dozens of businesses over damage from a flood, defense attorneys do not know which residents sued which businesses.
Cooper switches focus to ballots
CHARLESTON - After a referendum he helped create was voted down, South Charleston attorney Thornton Cooper turned his attention to Kanawha County voting ballots.
Not your father's Chamber of Commerce
Jones CHARLESTON -- John F. Kennedy once said, "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, unrealistic."
Case all too familiar to domestic violence counselor
Richardson CHARLESTON – Though not aware of the case of a Charleston man who's conviction for the 1999 torture and kidnapping of his then-girlfriend was reduced by the state Supreme Court, one person who works with victims of domestic violence says the case is all too typical of what she sees on a regular basis.