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.
CHARLESTON – After a legal career highlighted by working to protect children, Margaret Workman rightfully is looking forward to having more time to be a grandmother in retirement.
Workman, who just ended her second stint on the state Supreme Court, was the first woman elected to a statewide position when she won her first Supreme Court race in 1988.
“No, I’m not going back into private practice,” Workman, 73, told
The West Virginia Record in a recent interview. “When this pandemic is over, I am looking forward to having more time to be a grandmother. Margaret Workman with her fellow Kanawha Circuit Court judges in 1983.
CHARLESTON — In spring 1982, Joanna Tabit was readying for her senior year in college and weighing law school when she learned then-Gov. Jay Rockefeller had appointed Margaret Workman as
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West Virginia Morning, we hear about a national non-profit that tries to bring people of differing political views together. Also, in this show, we hear from West Virginia’s Superintendent of Schools Clayton Burch who speaks to goals for the spring, an update on the prison sentence for former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry, and we hear about a new water utility serving western Fayette County.
West Virginia’s K-12 and higher education teachers and staff may soon be the next group of people to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the state. Liz McCormick has more.