The Kanawha County Commission will vote today on a proposal that offers paid parental family medical leave for all county employees. The current policy is that county employees who have been employed with the county for one year are permitted to use up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family Medical Leave Act. … Read more
The state animal is the black bear, and the state bird is the cardinal…West Virginia senators approved a resolution designating dogs adopted from animal shelters and rescues as the official West Virginia state dog.
A former prison guard and an inmates mother were sentenced to prison for trying to smuggle drugs into the Huttonsville Correctional Center. Forty-four-year-old Pamela Adkins paid 40-year-old Mark Taylor 500-dollars to smuggle meth and Heroin into the prison last February.
The state legislature is considering a controversial abortion bill. “The Born Alive Protection Act” would require medical professionals to provide the same life-saving measures for a child born alive during an abortion procedure, as they would for a baby born prematurely.
The Kanawha County commission and the state Legislature are considering paid family leave bills. Public employees would be allowed to take twelve-weeks of paid family leave to take care of children or seriously ill family members.
A third horse has been rescued from a Kentucky strip mine where twenty other horses were found shot to death. Rescue groups were able to save the horses after the sound of distant gun fire scared them off. A $23,000 reward is being offered for information about the shootings.
A man is under arrest for stealing heavy equipment from the Athens County Engineer’s Office Substation, and parking the machinery in a church parking lot in Jackson County. Twenty-five-year-old Robert Reel II confessed to the theft.
Two people are under arrest following a stabbing at the Transit Mall. A woman stabbed another woman in the back. The victim is in stable condition. The suspect, 40-year-old Tara Dunkle is charged with malicious wounding. Dunkles’ fiancé was also taken into custody on unrelated charges.
Putnam County is the state’s first “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” The resolution opposes any efforts to unconstitutionally restrict gun rights and to use legal means to protect the gun rights of Putnam County citizens.
Dozens of people in Charleston became naturalized citizens at a ceremony this week. Nearly 50 U.S. residents are now naturalized U.S. citizens following a special ceremony witnessed by family and friends Monday morning at the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse. Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnson presided over the ceremony.