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The recognition is a testament to the work of 40 years to preserve, interpret and educate about the community's history.
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Home » Stories » Facebook Messages Prompt Judge to Recuse Self
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A judge has recused himself from a former deputy’s domestic assault case because he received Facebook messages from the officer’s wife.
Former Berkeley County sheriff’s deputy Robert Lippman is charged with assaulting his wife and threatening to shoot her.
The Herald-Mail reports that Berkeley County Circuit Court Judge John C. Yoder released a copy of messages he received from Lippman’s wife to attorneys in the case at hearing in October. He said he did not respond to the messages.
On the day before Lippman’s arraignment, his wife sent Yoder a message saying she wanted the case to be over and “my husband get better.”
Yoder filed an order Oct. 22 voluntarily recusing himself. The order says the appearance of judicial neutrality would be best served by his recusal.
The votes are in – more than 3,200 of them – and the winner of the inaugural Coolest Thing Made In West Virginia competition will be announced next week. It’s down to the final five. Assistant News Director Maria Young caught up with Bill Bissett, president of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association, which is hosting the contest, to find out more about the finalists.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAt the core of the case is who in government has final authority over policy and rulemaking for the state's public schools: the Board of Education or the Legislature.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe state argued that the judiciary cannot and should not intervene in what they see as regular legislative proceedings when removing one of their own members.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSharp federal limits on radio frequency interference have made it very challenging for emergency crews in two counties to communicate effectively in a crisis.
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