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Judge to hear free speech concerns to W.Va. AG climate probe

CHARLESTON – A federal judge will hear the merits Thursday of a request by two environmental advocacy groups to halt a consumer protection investigation by West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey they say is meant to silence their right to free speech and other constitutional rights. ...

U.S. Marshal: Star City shooting suspect still at large

Law enforcement agencies converged on a Westover location Monday morning after receiving a tip on the whereabouts of 18-year-old Xander Scott Finley-Ball, who escaped from a detention facility in Wheeling on Oct. 10. The Monongalia County Sheriff's Office, Westover Police Department and the ...

WVU Hospitals seeks stay in bathroom camera lawsuit pending criminal trial

MORGANTOWN – Legal counsel for West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. and West Virginia United Health System Inc. attest that the class action lawsuit brought against both after recording devices were found in hospital bathrooms should not proceed until the alleged perpetrator’s criminal ...

Report: Marion teacher allegedly recorded explicit self-videos at school

FAIRMONT – A series of allegedly explicit videos sent over the summer led to the child pornography arrest of Marion County teacher Michael Joseph Carpenter, court documents show. Carpenter, 43, the choir director of East Fairmont High School, was taken into custody at the school Tuesday ...

East Fairmont High School choir director jailed on child pornography charge

FAIRMONT – Michael Joseph Carpenter, the East Fairmont High School choir director charged with possessing child pornography, remained lodged in North Central Regional Jail on Wednesday following his arrest the day before. West Virginia State Police arrived at the school on Airport Road on ...

State police summoned to East Fairmont High

FAIRMONT – A reported incident "involving a teacher” sent West Virginia State Police to East Fairmont High School on Tuesday morning, the district said. “This morning at approximately 10:20 a.m., Marion County Schools was informed by law enforcement agencies that West Virginia State ...