Renovations Underway For Historic Capitol Complex Mansion
Renovation work, stalled for decades, has begun on the oldest surviving residence on the Capitol Complex.
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Miscarriages Cannot Lead To Criminal Charges, W.Va. Prosecuting Attorneys Say
West Virginia women cannot face “criminal liability” for experiencing miscarriages, a statewide prosecuting attorneys association said Monday. Neither are they required to report miscarriages to law enforcement.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. House Passes 400-Page Bill For Criminal Sentencing Reform
Over the course of nearly 400 pages, House Bill 2017 updates hundreds of crimes and replaces the state’s process for sentencing with a six-felony, three-misdemeanor system of sentencing ranges.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsStakeholders Say New Bill For Criminal Law Rewrite Lacked Input, Transparency
House Bill 2017 rewrites state code for hundreds of criminal offenses and creates a new system for judges to sentence people. But stakeholders in the criminal justice system say they had little opportunity to weigh in on this legislation, which will drastically alter their jobs and the experiences of the people they work with.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDon Blankenship Makes Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
Attorneys for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship have made a last pitch to the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out his conviction connected to a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 miners.Attorneys for Don Blankenship say in the appeal that the hig...
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Second Man Charged With Beckley Hit-and-Run Death
Police have charged a second person with murder in the death of a Raleigh County man who was hit by a pickup truck.Media outlets report that Raleigh County sheriff's deputies arrested 23-year-old Austin Ray Redden of Glen Morgan...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFake Mine Foreman Sentenced
A Mercer County man who falsified mandatory mine safety reports while employed at several West Virginia mining operations was sentenced to 21 months in…
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