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For some West Virginians, it may be difficult to forget the shocking events of 2017 and 2018.
News reports uncovered dubiously extravagant spending, which led to an investigation by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia and State Auditor JB McCuskey called for an audit of the high courtâs books.
Charges of corruption led to calls for the impeachment of one justice and âany other member of the court found to be involved.â
As the investigation continued, Justice Menis Ketchum resigned from the court on July 11, 2018. Twenty days later, Ketchum pleaded guilty U.S. District Court to one count of wire fraud.
May 3, 1867: The Union Flag reported news about a shoplifter. âOn Tuesday night last, a young man by the name of Haze, living in Greene county (sic), came to town, riding a sorrel horse, and while at the store of Dosser and Fain, quietly slipped a pair of pants under his coat, but the old saying, of âany fool can steal, but it takes a smart man to hide,â was again verified; for sly as he thought he was, he was nicely caught and made to own up. While board and lodging were being engaged for him at Mr. Pruettâs, the jailor, he mounted his horse and left at a 2-40 rate. In these days of thievery all should be on the watch especially when Mr. Haze is about.â
It was the Facebook pictures that got her in trouble.
As Amanda Garber stood at the front of the hall, preparing to marry two of her best friends, she knew sheâd face discipline. And when she saw the pictures pop up on Facebook on her drive home, she knew she might lose her job.Â
Garber is an ordained United Methodist Church (UMC) reverend, and she was marrying two women.Â
It was freezing cold for November at the Frontier Culture Museum, yet Garber was struck by the beauty of the surrounding mountains and of the event unfolding in front of her â and that eventâs significance. âYouâve enabled me to access a courage I didnât even know existed within me,â she said to the two women standing in front of her, Lindsay and Brittany Caine-Conley.Â
For The Intelligencer
CHARLESTON A lawsuit brought by a lobbyist against a former state schools superintendent and a current Department of Education official was dismissed Wednesday after a settlement between the parties was reached.
According to a document filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, lobbyist Jason Webb, former state superintendent of schools Steve Paine, and Assistant State Superintendent of Schools Jan Barth agreed to a dismissal of the federal lawsuit.
According to the filing, both parties agreed to a dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be re-filed. Both parties agreed to bear their own costs and fees associated with the lawsuit.