Grand jury indicts anti abortion activists over Planned Parenthood videos
A Houston grand jury found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood over undercover footage and indicted anti abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt for tampering with governmental records and related charges. The case marks the first criminal charges against the center’s group since last year’s video release.
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Austin
Texas
Houston
Grand Jury
Planned Parenthood
David Daleiden
Center For Medical Progress
Sandra Merritt
Harris County
Ken Paxton
Congress
Lawsuit Over NRA T Shirt Dismissed by Court
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Tanya Lardieri and her son Jared Marcum against the Logan County Board of Education after the attorney's inaction. Marcum had been told to turn his NRA T shirt inside out at school in 2013 and faced police charges later dismissed.
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Harris County
Devon Anderson
Daleiden
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast
Anderson
Mpr Harleston
Logan County Board of Education
Charleston Gazette Mail
Benjamin White
Tanya Lardieri
Jared Marcum
Marcum
Lawmakers table raw milk herd share bill gains Senate path
Lawmakers push a bill allowing herd owners to sell shares in dairy cows and share raw milk, despite safety concerns. SB 387 passed Agriculture and Rural Development on a split vote and moves to Judiciary. Farm Bureau opposes, citing risks to organic dairies and public health protections. Senate support cites potential economic benefits for dairy owners while noting pasteurization is not required.
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Charleston
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Rural Development
Prevention Magazine
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Department of Agriculture
Department
Department of Health and Human Resources
Farm Bureau
Dwayne O'Dell
Ron Miller
D Greenbrier
Miller
CDC
Food Safety News
Committee On the Judiciary
Trial date set as judge weighs cell phone texts
The state announced trial readiness as March 8 looms. Ninety four thousand messages from Michael and Kayla Neel’s phones were copied to flash drives and shared with defense, who report file access issues. Neel and co counsel seek to discuss a statement to investigators. A Feb. 29 pretrial hearing was scheduled. Neel remains in custody at Southern Regional Jail in Beaver.
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Harshbarger
Michael
Kayla Neel
Scott Ash
Neel
William Flanigan
Ryan Flanigan
Coal layoffs hit Naoma and Boone mines amid industry decline
WARN notices show Alpha Natural Resources idling 79 workers at Edwight Surface Mine and 13 at Tunnel Mine in Naoma as other mines, including Marfork and Elk Run sites, shutter operations. Prices for Central Appalachian coal fall while natural gas gains, pressuring West Virginia finances and state severance tax receipts.
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Whitesville
Marfork Coal Co
Slip Ridge
Ellis Eagle
Elk Run
Long Creek
Roundbottom
Powelston
Boone
Alpha Natural Resources
WARN
Edwight
Independence Coal Co
Raines
Raleigh County
Alpha
Central Appalachian
Central
Kian
U.S. Energy Information Agency
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
Bristol
Boone County
EIA
Mercer County race filings shift as candidates withdraw
Republican county commissioner candidate withdraws from the race while Mercer County fields multiple contenders for prosecuting attorney sheriff assessor and county clerk positions. Republican George Sitler Democrat John McGinnis and Democrat Kelli Hashbarger vie for prosecuting attorney. Sheriff candidates include Darrell Bailey and Tommy Bailey. Other races show incumbents seeking re election in the House of Delegates and Senate districts with several filings in nonpartisan magistrate education and judicial seats ahead of the May 10 deadline.
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County Commission
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
George Sitler
John McGinnis
Kelli Hashbarger
Darrell “D.B.” Bailey
Tommy “Ta
Bailey
Sharon Gearhart
Lyle Cottle
Verlin Moye
Julie Grubba
West Virginia
Joe Ellington
R-Mercer
John Shott
Marty Gearheart
Mercer
Sabrina Shrader
House of Nation
Clif Moore
D-Mcdowell
Chandler Swope
Brandon T. Barker
Charles Poe
Mike Flanigan
Sandra Lee
Susan Honaker
Keith T. Compton
Jones
William Frank Holroyd
Rick Akers
Palma
Pam” Sizemore
9Th Judicial Circuit
Derek Swope
William J. Sadler
Family Court
Antho Bisaha
M Ellen Griffith
Lisa
Plan to add In God We Trust to sheriff cruisers
Sheriff Brian Hieatt described the largest concealed weapons permit class to date, aided by East River Church and the Sportsman's Club. About 87 participants volunteered to help fund the "In God We Trust" lettering for all marked cruisers, with plans to complete the project in weeks. Major Harold Heatley noted other agencies already display the motto and local churches funded the effort, including Horsepen Church of Christ.
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Hieatt
Sheriff's Office
Church
Sportsman’s Club
Tim) Boyd
Harold Heatley
Heatley
East River
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