Weekend World Championship Kicks Off In Charleston
The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean will host thousands of athletes from around the globe this weekend for the Spartan Trifecta World Championship.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Bills On Death Penalty, DEI
Members of the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee have moved two pieces of legislation approaching controversial topics — the death penalty and a repeal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs — one step closer to becoming law.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate President Proposes Death Penalty For Fentanyl Wholesale Distributors
State Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, said he plans to draft legislation that calls for the death penalty after conviction for the illicit manufacturing or wholesale distribution of the illicit drug fentanyl.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsU.S. Executes Dustin Higgs In 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration
Higgs had been sentenced to death for the 1996 killings of three women. His lawyers had tried to argue that his diagnosis of COVID-19 would make death by lethal injection "cruel."
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDecember 16, 1897 : Last Public Hanging in West Virginia
On December 16, 1897, John F. Morgan was hanged in Ripley for the murder of Chloe Greene and two of her sons. It was the last public execution in West…
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