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Morrisey willing to work with officials on school aid formula fix

CHARLESTON - Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Monday that he plans to turn his focus between now and the next legislative session to working with lawmakers and education officials on fixing the troubled school aid formula. Speaking during a press conference Monday, Morrisey said "without a doubt" he was willing to work on school aid formula reforms and reducing the number of regulations hindering public education in West Virginia. "We have a chance to actually determine which (regulations) are going to require legislative changes, which ones are going to require the other regulatory changes, ...

Watering the Garden

Former pastor among 23 indicted

ELKINS – A total of 23 people were indicted by the Randolph County Grand Jury on Monday, including a former Elkins pastor and two Montrose men accused of attempted first degree murder. Kevin Curtis Jones, 34, of Elkins, was indicted on one count of soliciting a minor via computer; one count of distribution and exhibiting of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct or computer-generated child pornography; one count of delivery of a controlled substance; and one count of distribution of a hemp-derived cannabinoid product to a person under the age of 21, all ...

Man faces felonies in cattle prod incident

BELINGTON — A Barbour County man faces felony charges after alleged chasing a woman through the woods with a cattle prod and threatening police. Kenneth Bernard Everson, 53, is charged with one count of domestic assault third offense and one count of threats of a terrorist act, both ...

Man charged with grand larceny in gambling house theft

BUCKHANNON — An Upshur County man faces two felony charges after allegedly stealing over $18,000 from Jeanie's Hot Spot. James William Champ, 48, is charged with one count of grand larceny and one count of entry into a building other than a dwelling, both felonies. He is currently being ...

Randolph County Commissioner Chris See passes away at age 65

ELKINS — Longtime and current Randolph County Commissioner Chris See passed away at the West Virginia Caring Hospice Inpatient Center on Sunday after a brief illness.    See, 65, was re-elected as Randolph County Commissioner in the Tygart District for a third time in 2020. He was ...