News from October 2007
Mental health worker assaulted woman, brother says
HUNTINGTON - The brother of a woman who lives in a Cabell County mental health facility claims a center employee forcibly sexually assaulted his sister.
Charleston attorney chronicles road trips in new book
CHARLESTON – A Charleston attorney is guilty of alleged humor, but it's all for a good cause.
Justices defend motherhood in Cabell case
Albright CHARLESTON – Becoming defenders of motherhood, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals protested a Cabell County court order forcing a mother to share custody of her three-year-old daughter with babysitters.
Md. attorney hoping to keep W.Va. license
CHARLESTON – Despite losing it in two other states, a Maryland attorney is fighting to keep her license to practice law in West Virginia.
WVU looking for new law school dean
Macia MORGANTOWN - The state's only law school is looking for a new leader.
Charleston wants Supreme Court to decide 'double dipping' case
CHARLESTON – City leaders, facing a lawsuit either from their police union or the Charleston Gazette in a struggle for evidence that officers "doubled dipped" as private guards, would rather let someone else decide which powerful force to offend.
Pa. woman says Harper's Ferry B&B to blame for fall
CHARLES TOWN - A Pennsylvania woman has filed a suit against a bed and breakfast in Harper's Ferry after she was injured when she fell on the back porch of the premises.
Asbestos suit names Huntington plant, 43 other companies
Huntington Alloys is now called Special Metals. CHARLESTON - A West Virginia man has filed an asbestos suit against 44 local and national companies, claiming he is sick because of the asbestos he was exposed to while working.
Man convicted in armed robbery pleads guilty to lesser crime
CHARLESTON – Julian Smith, who after 15 years behind bars overturned a jury that convicted him of aggravated armed robbery, has pleaded guilty to a lesser crime.
Woman sues hospital after sidewalk fall
HUNTINGTON - A Cabell County woman has filed a suit against a local hospital after she fell on a sidewalk and was injured.
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WV Health Info Network gets federal funds
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia will be far ahead of the curve in the effort to coordinate health information networks across the country, thanks in part to a $2.5 million federal contract the West Virginia Health Information Network (WVHIN) received, the network's chairman said.
WVU College of B&E to sponsor Eastern Panhandle Economic Outlook conference
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia's eastern panhandle continues to add jobs and residents, but how will the local economy cope with slower residential construction?
Beginnings of Marshall University Google Earth 3-D campus created
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University Information Technology (IT) team members have created the beginnings of the Marshall University Google Earth 3-D Campus, according to Dr. Jan I. Fox, senior vice president for information technology/CIO at Marshall.