VanKirk defends road projects as funding driven
West Virginia Transportation Secretary Fred VanKirk told southern counties that road project cancellations were based on funding and on shelved plans, not politics. He outlined priorities for the Coalfields Expressway and King Coal Highway, stressed using existing work, and pledged efforts to secure more funding while noting long timelines. A House resolution urged support from the governor, congressional delegation, and federal highway officials.
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West Virginia House debates video poker legalization conflict
The West Virginia House of Delegates traded barbs over alleged secret talks about a video poker tax bill. Governor Wise faces accusations of private meetings with machine operators. supporters frame the measure as key to state economic shape while opponents urge bans and focus on gambling harms.
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House of Delegates
House
Charles Trump
R-Morgan
Bob Wise
Trump
Wise
Rick Staton
Barbara Fleischauer
D-Monongalia
Cecil
West Virginia video poker bill faces stiff panel trouble
The gray machine bill to license 9,000 video poker machines stalls in a 25 member panel. Coalition spokesmen claim only four delegates back the measure while others say there are more yesses. A full hearing with ample notice is urged to weigh economic effects and test results.
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Mike Queen
Charleston
Jon Amores
D-Kanawha
Queen
Citizens Against Government Waste
Henry Thaxton
South Carolina
David Beasly
West Virginia highway funds delayed despite restorations
Funding for King Coal Highway projects stalls with about 53 million in funds not yet available. DOH prioritizes high impact sites and notes Mercer County Airport Road to U S 460, John Nash Boulevard, Horsepen Mountain, and Tolsia Highway remain top priorities when dollars reemerge. Funding for the Mercer project remains unannounced.
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John Nash
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Tolsia
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Wayne Counties
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Death charges brought in Davises and Hopewell case
Prosecutors charged two defendants with murdering the Davises and Hopewell. Supreme court calendar cites death penalty discussions with the attorney general set for March 26, with a ruling expected by late April. Defendants Ealy and Church have court appointed lawyers. Church was acquitted on state charges but faces federal counts. Former Pocahontas Mayor Gilmore allegedly hired the pair to kill the Davises over information to federal investigators. The investigation continues.
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Hopewell
Giorno
Ealy
Church
Tom Blaylock
Tom Scott
Beverly Davis
James Turk
Pocahontas
Charlie Gilmore
Davis
Robert Davis
Gilmore
Irish Legend and St Patrick Roots Mentioned by Classmates
Classmates Christopher Jones and another student recall St Patrick in Ireland noting he brought Christianity to the island in 432 A.D. Legends say he drove snakes away. Historians describe his youth as a slave in Ireland, escape, and studies in a French monastery before mission work.
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Christopher Jones
Ireland
Scott
Christopher
St. Patrick
Celstine I
Rapist sentenced to four life terms in Virginia case
Jarius Phillips, 19, received four life terms plus 45 years after raping a 13 year old and beating her 9 year old sister in Newport News. Judge Verbella Askew said rehabilitation had failed and the system had run out of options. Phillips and his girlfriend Marquita McCord, from Charlotte, abducted the girls on March 4, 2000 after posing as people needing to use a phone. McCord pleaded guilty earlier to abduction robbery and malicious wounding and faces life at sentencing.
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Jarius Phillips
Verbella Askew
Jeffrey Rountree
Phillips
Marquita McCord
Charlotte
N.C
McCord
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