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West Virginia Board of Education challenges new education rule-making law

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Board of Education is asking the state’s highest court whether lawmakers have any legal authority to approve or reject rules approved by the state board. The state Board of Education filed a lawsuit Friday against Secretary of State Kris Warner seeking a ...

Collision involving truck, semi claims man’s life near Gallopolis

GALLIPOLIS — One person was killed in a traffic accident Monday morning near Gallipolis, according to the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Les Clark, 62, of Gallipolis. was driving a 1995 GMC truck south on State Route 7 where he went left of center and struck a northbound ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were heard in Wood County Magistrate Court on July 25: * Larry Robert Koehler, 703 Locust St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to trespassing in a condemned structure, sentenced to 60 days jail suspended for six months unsupervised probation and assessed ...

Wood Magistrate

PARKERSBURG — Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports July 24: * Colton Dale Poole, 701 33rd St., Parkersburg, waived a preliminary hearing on a third-offense shoplifting charge and the case was transferred to Wood County Circuit Court. A charge of fleeing was ...