BEVERLY - A Randolph County man faces 14 felony charges after allegedly sexually assaulting two children over the span of two years. Jamey "Jay" Paul Kissel, 58, is charged with 12 counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual abuse, all felonies. Kissel was being held at the Tygart ...
PARSONS – Tucker County voters re-elected three Board of Education members this week. In Tuesday's Primary Election, incumbent BOE members Cathy Hebb, Teresa Samples Simmons and Kevin White were chosen by Tucker voters. Hebb was the top vote getter, with 660 votes, or 32% of the votes cast. Simmons was second with 614 votes, or 29.8%, and Kevin White, with 784, or 38%. In the Tucker County Commission, unopposed Republican Jon Bush received 368 votes. In the State Senate District I4 race, in Tucker County, Republican incumbent Jay Taylor received 202 votes, or 45.6% of those cast. ...
MARLINTON – Three new Board of Education members were elected by Pocahontas County voters this week. Connie Rose, Edwina Garber and Regina Hall were the top three Board of Education vote getters in Primary Election voting in Pocahontas County. Rose received 1,164 votes, or 25.4% of the votes cast, while Garber totaled 844 votes, or 18.4%, and Hall garnered 804 votes, or 17.5%. The other candidates included incumbent Andrew “Frosty” McNabb, who received 522 votes, or 11.4%; Karen McCoy, with 47 votes, or 9.8%; incumbent Morgan McComb, with 391 votes, or 8.5%; Stephen McCarty, ...
BUCKHANNON – Only 13 votes separated an incumbent and a challenger after the close of voting Tuesday night in the Upshur County Commission race. Incumbent Republican Doug Bush tallied 979 votes, or 42.2% of the total votes cast, while Republican challenger Patrick Kyle Lane finished with 992 votes, or 42.8%. The third Republican in the race, Scott H. Williams, garnered 347 votes, or 14.97% of those cast. No Democrats were on the ballot for the Upshur County Commission seat. Three incumbents were re-elected to the Upshur County Board of Education Tuesday night. Sherry Dean was ...
ELKINS – Bill Hamilton gathered the Republican nomination Tuesday night in his bid to be re-elected to a West Virginia State Senate District 11 seat. Statewide, Hamilton totaled 3,497 votes, 48% of those cast, for the District 11 position, which represents all of Randolph, Upshur, ...
PHILIPPI – Barbour County voters elected several new Board of Education members Tuesday evening. With four BOE seats up for grabs, the top four vote getters were incumbent Ron “Redman” Phillips, with 988 votes, or 14.1% of the votes cast; Ashley Ryan, with 956 votes, or 13.6%; Kristy Stalnaker, with 920 votes, or 13.13%; and Johnna Croston, with 799 votes, or 11.4%. The other candidates in the race included current BOE President Joanne McConnell, with 624 votes, or 8.9%, and current BOE Vice President David Everson, with 587 votes, or 8.4%. The remainder of the BOE ...
