Flurries Forecast Across West Virginia From Snow Storm
Snow flurries were predicted for Thursday night and Friday morning across West Virginia with 1 to 6 inches expected and dangerous driving conditions. Most mountain areas could see 4 to 6 inches, while roads would be icy and slick through Saturday. No major accidents were reported though minor collisions occurred. Schools closed in Kanawha Lincoln and Putnam counties as the fast-moving storm disrupted morning classes.
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Putnam Counties
Compensation For On The Job Harassment Upheld
West Virginia Supreme Court rules that an employee may receive workers compensation for mental injury caused by continuous and intentional harassment by a supervisor. Justice Darr ell V. McGraw Jr. writes the board was wrong to deny Brenda Breeden benefits for emotional and physical effects from harassment at a Martinsburg Grand Union Co. store. The 5 0 decision stems from her part time cashier role and cites on the job influence as the source of injury.
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High Court
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Breeden
Martinsburg
Grand Union Co
Funeral of Huntington officer spurs calls for capital punishment
Huntington ministers at the funeral of slain patrolman Paul Jeffrey Harmon urged West Virginia to restore the death penalty, arguing it would curb murders. About 400 mourners attended as an unseen bugler played taps. Police officers from Cabell County and state troopers attended. A nationwide manhunt continued for Bobby Dean Stacey, a suspect in Harmon’s shooting who faced bond conditions in a separate case. In other court news, Cabell County Circuit Court cases included Roland Greenlief’s first degree sexual abuse conviction and a successful transfer of property dispute involving Ginger L Lincoln.
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West Virginia
Henry Bryan
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Paul Jeffrey Harmon
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Moore
Cabell County
Adkins
Mills
Police Department
Roland Greenlief
Gilmer County
Greenlief
Robert K. Bryan
Ginger L. Lincoln
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
McGraw
Ginger Lincoln
Thut
Three Children Die In Fire In West Virginia
In Sistersville West Virginia three young children died in a blazing wood frame house fire before daybreak. Police say a 2 year old girl has not been positively identified while 3 year old David J Barnhart and 1 year old Lisa Dawn Wright are confirmed victims. Adults escaped and were treated for shock as investigators from the state fire marshal assess the blaze, aided by heavy snow and blocked roads delaying emergency crews. The house stood beside the Cameron Coca Cola Bottling Co plant and donations were organized for the family.
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Shaw
David J. Barnhart
Lisa Dawn Wright
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Happy Hollow
Sylvia Barnhart
Cameron Coca- Cola Bottling Co
McCuskey Plans Run for Congress in West Virginia
John F. McCuskey a former state Republican chairman will announce at a Clarksburg news conference his bid for Congress in the 1st District. He previously lost to incumbent Democrat Robert H. Mollohan who may retire, with talk of Alan Mollohan or Secretary of State A James Manchin pursuing the seat. Mollohan aides note a retirement decision by January while Democrats urge him to stay to protect the party majority.
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House of Representatives
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