BLACKSVILLE — Two medical emergencies in recent months made a de facto ambulance driver out of Donna Varner. The first was when her husband suffered a heart […]
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Meal Ticket: Fundraising meals, week of 4-6-13
SATURDAY — 8 a.m.-11 a.m., Smithtown community breakfast, Smithtown Community Center. Menu: Sausage gravy and biscuits, home fries, grits, scrambled eggs, hot cakes, fruit, white and chocolate […]
There’s a difference between human trafficking and willing prostitution
FAIRMONT — For one professor at WVU, human sex trafficking is not always what it’s made out to be — and it’s often confused with a consensual […]
WVU prof: Criminalizing prostitution ‘not helping anybody’
MORGANTOWN — Alison Bass, journalism professor at WVU and author of “Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law,” said after researching and speaking with sex workers across […]
Relatively little money spent in House of Delegates campaigns
Relatively little money has been spent in five local House of Delegates primary campaigns. All but three party races are uncompetitive. In the 50th District, six Democrats […]
Leapfrog Group gives Mon Health an ‘A’
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health Medical Center recently received an “A” grade by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit healthcare ratings organization, for its commitment to meeting the […]
How W.Va. law categorizes human trafficking
West Virginia state codes Coercion means: The use or threat of force against, abduction of, serious harm to or physical restraint of an individual; (B) The use […]
Victims of human trafficking can be anyone
W. Va. — When it comes to recognizing victims of human trafficking or abusive relationships, local advocates said one of the main things to remember is they look […]
Human trafficking an ongoing concern, even in W.Va.
W.Va. — The words “human trafficking” have generated a lot of buzz in West Virginia since January, when the Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office helped raise awareness […]
How tickets are dealt with in Mon County Magistrate Court
MORGANTOWN — After law enforcement hands out a ticket, be it for a traffic violation or other reason, there are 10 days to respond, according to court […]
