CHARLESTON - A federal judge told the U.S. Department of Justice that it had no right to West Virginia's unredacted voter registration files. In a memorandum opinion and order released Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston denied a motion made by the Department of Justice ...
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern districts of West Virginia announced Monday that West Virginia United Health System, doing business as West Virginia University Health System, has agreed to pay $4,177,139 and enter a memorandum of agreement to resolve civil allegations that it violated provisions of the Controlled Substances Act across various registered facilities over a seven-year span. According to a Drug Enforcement Agency investigation, WVUHS committed numerous record-keeping and reporting violations from 2017-2024. WVUHS facilities failed ...
PARKERSBURG - A physician wanted in Monongalia County after a digital recording device found in a hospital restroom was linked to him was arrested Friday in Wood County, authorities said. Lance Parks, a physician who previously worked at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, is charged with eight misdemeanors of criminal invasion of privacy and the felony of distribution and exhibition of computer-generated child pornography, according to a joint statement from the Morgantown Police Department and the Monongalia Prosecuting Attorney Gabrielle Mucciola. Parks was arrested Friday in Wood County, ...
UPDATE: On Friday evening, the West Virginia Department of Health announced it had issued a cease-and-desist order on cleanup efforts at the site of the Peoples Cartage warehouse fire on Camden Avenue just outside of Parkersburg due to the potential presence of asbestos. According to a ...
CHARLESTON – The federal judge presiding over a class action lawsuit challenging conditions in West Virginia's foster care system denied a request by state officials to pause the case while seeking clarification from the U.S. Supreme Court, setting a future trial date. U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin issued an order Thursday denying a motion by attorneys representing Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the state Department of Human Services seeking a stay of the lawsuit brought on behalf of children in the state foster care system in 2019. The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office and ...
PARKERSBURG — A shooting that left one person hospitalized remained under investigation Friday evening. Parkersburg Police responded around 11 a.m. to a shooting in the 500 block of Myrtle Street. Police Capt. R.L. Koher said the victim was taken to WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center for treatment, where his condition was not immediately available. He remained hospitalized Friday evening. The person accused of firing the shot was taken into custody, Koher said. Police said there was no ongoing danger to the public. On Friday evening, the department posted on its Facebook page ...
