West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Role and Procedures
West Virginia’s Supreme Court, created in 1872 and expanded in 1902, sits in Charleston with five judges serving 12 year terms. Judge Harlan M. Calhoun presides this year. other members include Fred H. Caplan Frank C. Haymond Chauncey Browning and Thornton G. Berry. The court convenes in January and September or as needed, with a clerk Kennth Hines handling filings and calendar. Petitions pass through writ conferences, briefs, and rotating judge assignments, with weekly decision releases and opinion conferences guiding final rulings.
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Charleston
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West Virginia
Supreme Court
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Hardy County
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Clarksburg
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Fairmont
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Logan County
Thornton G. Berry
McDowell County
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Press Is Too Suspicious Says Governor to Association
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith told the West Virginia Press Association that press government mistrust harms the state. He announced an October seminar for editors and publishers and defended his administration’s achievements. Walter Mason elected association president. Hall of Fame honors given to Porte Crayon and Simeon S. Buzzerd.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Smith
Thesarus
Walter Mason
Fairmont Times
West Virginian
West Virginia Press Association
Roy Owens
St. Marys
Lyell Clay
Charleston
George Smith Jr
Terra Alta
John Fox
Huntington
Simeon S. Buzzerd
Morgan Messenger
Berkeley Springs
West Virginia 4-H Plans Program Extension During National Week
West Virginia 4-H staff and county leaders plan a statewide outreach during National 4-H Week from Sept 30 to Oct 7. Eleven Morgantown area agents and Appalachian Center personnel discussed expanding 4-H membership amid youth population shifts and urban participation.
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West Virginia
Morgantown
Appalachian Center
Joseph L. Morris
West Virginia University
Glenn Snyder
Lowell Shaw
Clifford Bucklew
Monongalia
Preston
Barbour
Brooke
Hancock
Marion
Marshall
Ohio
Taylor, Tucker
Cooperative Extension Service
University Appalachian Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tear Gas Ends Gun Threats in West Virginia Standoff
In South Parkersburg, Raymond McMullen, 55, held police at bay for about four hours with a .38 pistol. Tear gas forced his surrender after more than a dozen rounds were fired, with no injuries reported. His 91 year old aunt Carrie Fleetwood survived hospitalization for observation. Three officers subdued him and he was jailed on a malicious shooting charge with a $10,000 bond.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
UPI
Raymond McMullen
McMullen
Carrie Fleetwood
Robert Bailey
Bailey
Committees To Convene This Week In Charleston
Interim legislative committees meet in Charleston Monday and Tuesday to study items for the next session. The main agenda item is a proposed conflict of interest law for state offices and employees. Other topics include late payment of state bills election laws water resources domestic relations water supply systems and employee pension and insurance rates. The Citizen's Advisory Commission on the Legislature will meet Wednesday.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Citizen’s Advisory Commission On
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