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W.Va. teacher fired amid sexting accusations
A Raleigh County middle school teacher has been fired after she was accused of sending inappropriate texts to one of her students. The county Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday to fire Lori Lester after hearing evidence against her in executive session, The Register-Herald reported (http://bit.ly/17h47y5). Lester, who had ...
Police: Body found in Cameron could be fugitive
Police say a body found in Cameron could be that of an inmate who escaped while on work release. Marshall County Sheriff Kevin Cecil tells WTRF-TV (http://bit.ly/11WpyzE ) that clothes on the body match the description of clothes worn by Derek Midcap when he was last seen. Cecil says the ...
W.Va. man charged with sexually assaulting patient
A Fayette County man faces charges of sexually assaulting a female patient in the psychiatric ward at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Beckley police tell media outlets that 40-year-old Michael Brian Settle of Lochgelly was arrested Sunday night after hospital officials contacted police. Settle is charged with third-degree sexual assault. Police ...
Man sentenced for stabbing W.Va. football player
A West Virginia man will spend up to five years behind bars for stabbing a University of Charleston football player outside a nightclub in January. Media outlets report 27-year-old Aris Travon Hairston was sentenced to one to five years in Kanawha County Circuit Court on Monday. Hairston had pleaded guilty ...
PA Lottery
These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Tuesday: Cash 5 03-13-14-23-39 (three, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three, thirty-nine) Estimated jackpot: $125,000 Evening Big 4 3-2-7-7 (three, two, seven, seven) Evening Daily Number 3-6-7 (three, six, seven) Evening Quinto 4-0-0-7-4 (four, zero, zero, seven, four) Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $36 million Midday Big 4 0-5-0-2 ...
W.Va. AG questions clinics, reviews abortion regs
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey asked the state's two legal abortion clinics on Monday to answer a series of questions about their practices and their policies for ensuring patient safety as he investigates whether any regulatory changes are needed. Morrisey's three-page letters target Women's Health Center of West Virginia ...
W.Va. sheriff killing suspect denied bail
A West Virginia man accused of gunning down Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum unsuccessfully sought pretrial release Monday, with defense lawyers arguing he is not a threat to the public because evidence suggests the killing was not random. "One thing that I think is well-known at this point is that ...
W.Va. Supreme Court yanks politico's law license
Calling his conduct reprehensible, West Virginia's Supreme Court stripped a veteran lawyer and frequent political candidate of his license Monday after he had someone involuntarily committed on mental health allegations later deemed untrue. The unanimous ruling cited the convictions of H. John Rogers on false swearing and misuse of the ...
Salem nursing associate degree loses state OK
A state board is withdrawing its approval of Salem International University's associate degree in nursing program. Salem did not correct deficiencies identified by the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses in February, and it did not stop admissions into programs progressing toward a nursing degree until it complied with ...
'Hollow' debuts on W.Va. Day, screenings Saturday
An interactive documentary film that aims to let the people of McDowell County tell their own stories launches this week, with a website going live Thursday, on West Virginia Day. "Hollow" combines video portraits, user-generated content, data, mapping and soundscapes on a website that explores a coalfields community where life ...
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