Capito warns against ending Title 42 border policy
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito joined colleagues in Washington to criticize President Biden’s plan to end Title 42 and broader border policies. She warned that lifting the policy on May 23 could cause a catastrophe with an estimated 18,000 crossings daily, three times the current rate, and urged a policy change.
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Shelley Moore Capito
R-Va
Washington
Pres
Joe Biden
Capito
Biden
Adkins Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder in Mercer Shootings
Kenneth Jacob Adkins, 21, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the March 2020 killings of Dalton Ramsey and Josh Williams in Lashmeet. He faces up to 40 years on the term and up to 80 years if sentences run consecutively, after a plea hearing before Circuit Court Judge William Sadler in Princeton.
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Adkins
Ohio
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Josh Williams
Lashmeet
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Caitlin Flanagan Morgan
Sadler
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Jessica Nuzzo
Turnpike toll booths get $24.5M upgrade contract
West Virginia Parkways Authority awards a $24.5 million contract to TransCore for upgraded toll technology. Executive Director Jeff Miller calls it the parkway authority’s largest project in 20 years to improve speed and customer service at toll plazas.
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Mercer County sees COVID cases undercount as activity crawls back
Mercer County Health Department Administrator Bonnie Allen told the County Board of Health that while official counts are down, home tests likely hide true case numbers. She cited active cases in the 20s and warned underreporting may mask a broader statewide problem as new infections creep up.
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