Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:24 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:24:24 GMT
BECKLEY, WV (AP) — A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. 1.
BECKLEY, WV (AP) — A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. 1.
Monday, June 17 2013 4:19 PM EDT2013-06-17 20:19:37 GMT
Justices annulled the law license of H. John Rogers after he filed a false mental hygiene complaint against a Wetzel County businessman.
Justices annulled the law license of a New Martinsville attorney and former state Supreme Court candidate after he filed a false mental hygiene complaint against a Wetzel County businessman.
Monday, June 17 2013 12:22 PM EDT2013-06-17 16:22:50 GMT
The West Virginia attorney general has sent letters to two clinics, seeking to assess abortion regulations in the state.
The West Virginia Attorney General has sent letters to two clinics, seeking to assess abortion regulations in the state.
CHARLESTON, W.Va.
(AP) — A West Virginia Supreme Court official says a Putnam County
family court judge facing ethics allegations unexpectedly took the rest
of the year off.
Family court services director Lisa Tackett says
Putnam court personnel reported Judge William Watkins' departure
Wednesday. The Supreme Court appointed a former judge to fill in.
Watkins tells The Charleston Gazette he normally takes off this time of year and will return Jan. 2.
Tackett
says judges planning to be off that long typically ask the chief
justice to appoint someone to handle their domestic violence cases,
which have a 10-day limit.
Watkins faces allegations that he
delayed rulings, failed to enter domestic violence orders into the
state's tracking system and screamed and cursed at litigants. A state
Judicial Hearing Board recommended he be suspended.
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