Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw has died at age 84. McGraw spent five decades in public service. McGraw was elected as a Democrat to fill an unexpired six-year term on the Supreme Court in 1998. He lost his bid for a full 12-year term in the 2004 election. He later was elected a circuit judge in Wyoming County before retiring in 2021, citing the physical impairments of Parkinson’s disease. McGraw also served five terms in the Legislature, including four years as Senate president. After losing in the 1984 primary for governor, he later served on the Wyoming County school board and as a county prosecutor.
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was elected to chair the influential Southern Regional Education Board, a 16-state body that gives policy advice to states from Delaware to Texas. The Republican Kemp was elected Sunday to lead the body for the next 12 months.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) A man accused of fatally shooting West Virginia Sgt. Cory S. Maynard is set to appear in court Friday, two days after services were held to honor the slain state police officer.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Austin Strickland and two relievers scattered seven hits, Nolan McCarthy drove in three runs with a homer and a double, and Kentucky eliminated West Virginia with a 10-0 victory on Sunday at the Lexington Regional.
BEECH CREEK, W.Va. (AP) A state police officer was fatally shot Friday in southern West Virginia, and a suspect was being sought, authorities said. Sgt. Cory Maynard was killed in the shooting, Gov.