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West Virginia Democrats seek recusal from justice

CHARLESTON 鈥� The state Democratic Party is now calling for the chief justice of the West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals to recuse himself from cases involving data centers represented by House Speaker Roger Hanshaw. Hanshaw represents Fundamental Data LLC, the developers of a data center in Tucker County where there is opposition to the project, and MGS CNP 1, an affiliate of Fidelis New Energy that was involved in a generating facility for nearby data centers in Mason County. Chief Justice Dan Greear was Hanshaw鈥檚 chief counsel before his appointment to the Intermediate ...

Magistrate Court records

Wood Magistrate PARKERSBURG 鈥� The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on April 1: * Tyler Edward Mackey, 11 Shepard St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of destruction of property and released on a $500 surety/cash bond. * Rebbecca L. Payton, 119 Dempsey Ave., Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), having no MVI and released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond. * Robert Nathan Castillo 1701 20th St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to a red light violation and fined $181.48. He had a charge of ...

Magistrate Court Records

PARKERSBURG 鈥� The following cases were released by Wood County Magistrate Court on April 2: * Jade Alicia Bokulich, Belpre, was arraigned on a charge of domestic battery and released on a $2,000 surety bond. * Michael David Thomas, 1807 23rd St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of having no proof of insurance and having expired MVI and released on a $500 personal recognizance bond. * Amanda Elizabeth Howell, 36 New Pear Tree Court, Charles Town, was arraigned on a charge of making a false report of an emergency and released on a $500 personal recognizance bond. * Julie ...

Mid-Ohio Valley water systems getting share of $65M DuPont settlement

MARIETTA - Local water systems will receive millions of dollars from a $65 million settlement with DuPont over the release of "forever chemicals" into the Ohio River. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and state Environmental Protection Agency Director John Logue announced the $65 million funding distribution from the environmental restoration settlement reached in 2023. Due to legal appeals, funding from the settlement had been delayed, according to a release from the state. The settlement stemmed from the lawsuit filed by then-Attorney General DeWine against DuPont in 2018 for the accusation of ...

Federal appeals court upholds constitutionality of W.Va. compulsory vaccine law

CHARLESTON - While an appeal remains pending before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals over efforts to insert a religious exemption to the state's school-age vaccine requirements, a three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled in favor of the state's vaccine law in a separate case. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a judgment Wednesday reversing a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in a case brought by two parents in 2024 challenging the legality of West Virginia's compulsory vaccine ...

Plea entered in 2024 Walker double homicide

PARKERSBURG 鈥� A Walker man will accept the punishment for the murders of a Walker couple from May 2024. Bradley Cantwell, 43, appeared, along with his attorney Joe Munoz, in the court of Wood County Circuit Judge J.D. Beane on Monday, to enter into an agreement where he would plead, via an ...