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• Huron County Jury Awards $600,000 to Estate of Slain Foster Child

  Mike Simon | April 05, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  On March 23, a Huron County, Ohio, jury ruled that the county and its child welfare agency were responsible for the 2004 wrongful death of a child placed into foster care and killed by the foster father with whom she was placed. The child was stabbed five times by her foster father and allowed to bleed to death in a barn on his property.According to witnesses in the trial, the agency was aware...

• Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty

  Mike Simon | April 04, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  A former Charleston police officer has pled guilty to charges of speeding and failure to operate an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens arising out of an October 2005 car accident in which a motorist was killed. The officer will pay a fine and serve probation as a result of the plea.At the time of the accident, the officer was providing backup for another officer responding to a domestic...

• I-64 Closed Due to Accident

  Mike Simon | April 03, 2007 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  A motor vehicle accident that involved a cement truck rolling over closed I-64 near Dunbar, West Virginia for a large part of the afternoon on March 30. According to reports, the truck rolled at about 1:40 p.m. and came to rest on a retaining wall, backing up traffic in both directions. There were no injuries and no other vehicles involved in the accident. The interstate reopened at...

• Recall of Pet Foods Expanded

  Mike Simon | April 03, 2007 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  Menu Foods, which manufactures dog and cat food, issued a recall 60 million containers of wet food on March 17, citing contamination of the products. The pet food is sold under a number of store brands, including Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Safeway.Menu Foods makes pet food for 17 of the top 20 North American retailers, and is also a contract manufacturer for branded pet food companies, including...

• State Farm Looks Again At Katrina Cases

  Mike Simon | March 29, 2007 12:31 PM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  As part of a deal with the Mississippi Insurance Commissioner, State Farm has agreed to reexamine 35,000 claims arising out of Hurricane Katrina. The agreement includes claims that are in mediation, those that already in lawsuits, and those that already have been settled.Under the terms of the deal, State Farm will make a minimum of $50 million available to settle the claims.Not all viewed the...

• Two Local Boys Injured By Driver

  Mike Simon | March 28, 2007 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  Two local boys riding a bicycle were injured when they were struck by a truck on March 6. The accident happened at the intersection of Big Wheeling Creek Road and Lakomy Road in Marshall County. The officer who responded to the call said a 16-year-old girl was driving the truck when the boys got into the path of the truck by riding out of a driveway. Police do not anticipate filing charges.

• UMW Says Roof Friction Caused Sago Disaster

  Mike Simon | March 27, 2007 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  Over a year has passed since the Sago mine explosion killed twelve miners. International Coal Group, the owner of the Sago mine, as well as state investigators have concluded that the explosion was caused by a lightning strike, which ignited methane gas in the mine.The United Mine Workers, however, has put forth a different theory. The union argues that it was not a lightning strike that...

• ATV Accident Kills Two

  Mike Simon | March 26, 2007 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  An ATV versus car accident occurred at 3:20 a.m. on March 18 on Route 2 near Flat Rock, West Virginia. The ATV was traveling on the roadway, and had two riders when it was struck by an oncoming automobile. One rider was dead at the scene, and the other passed away later at an area hospital.The driver of the automobile has been charged two counts of DUI causing death. Police continue to...

• Boone County Woman Dies in Car Accident

  Mike Simon | March 23, 2007 12:19 PM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  A Boone County woman was killed in a motor vehicle accident on March 17 when she struck a truck head-on while traveling east in the westbound lanes on Interstate 64. According to police, there were no skidmarks or signs of braking at the scene of the accident. The investigation is ongoing, and it remains unclear why or how the woman ended up traveling the wrong way on the Interstate.

• Mylan Accused of Accepting Pay-off From Competitor

  Mike Simon | March 21, 2007 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV

  A lawsuit filed by The Prescription Access Litigation Project, a consumer action group, alleges that Mylan Laboratories, Inc. accepted money from Cephalon, one of its competitors, to delay marketing of a generic version of the drug Provigil.Generic drugs typically cost much less, and the suit alleges that consumers paid more as a result of the $136 million pay-off Mylan and other generic drug...