West Virginia House advances discipline bill for schools
House Bill 2890 sponsored by Del. Marty Gearheart passes 79 16 to guide classroom discipline in public schools. The measure allows removal of disruptive students for the rest of the day counted as in school suspension and, if repeated three times in one month, could trigger out of school suspension or placement in an alternative learning center within the county system.
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Mercer County
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Do It For Babydog sweepstakes spent 23M in covid funds
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice used more than 23 million of federal Covid relief on the Do It For Babydog vaccination campaign offering trucks rifles and lawn mowers as prizes. The auditor warned about legal and ethical concerns over fund use while vaccine uptake barely rose. Senate leader Eric Tarr leads a probe into the Covid dollars.
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White House defends shootdowns of three objects
The White House defended the three unidentified objects shot down in as many days, including one over Lake Huron, saying they posed a risk to civilian air traffic and were chosen as actions in the nation's best interests. Officials said there is no current evidence they were for spying, though China is not ruled out. The weeks-long sequence follows the January detection of a large white orb.
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Police probe continues into pedestrian fatality in Princeton
An investigation into a Sunday evening pedestrian death outside Amy's House of Hope on Thorn Street continued Monday. 88 year old Travis Peck, crossing in sleet, was struck by a car traveling toward downtown Princeton. The driver and female passenger remained at the scene. no charges anticipated at this time.
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