WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Brooke County Prosecuting Attorney Allison Cowden remembered talking to Sheriff’s Department Sgt. S. Siranovic on a Friday and telling him she hoped it would be a quiet weekend because she knew he was on patrol. She said the quiet weekend lasted until Sunday morning when a call came into the Brooke County 911 center from a man who was obviously intoxicated.
“I remember he called me and said, ‘You’re not going to believe this, but we had a guy call into dispatch and basically

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango and his family are on the front lines of trying to change the penalty for those convicted of first-degree murder in West Virginia.
In the Mountain State, a man or woman who is convicted of first-degree murder with mercy becomes eligible for parole in 15 years. That is the lightest minimum prison sentence for a person convicted of first-degree murder in the nation.
Ben Salango
Salango, who appeared on MetroNews “Talkline”

TRIANGLE, Va. — Union coal miners have approved contracts with a pair of coal producers.
Cecil Roberts
The United Mine Workers Union announced Tuesday members recently ratified contracts with American Consolidated Natural Resources, Inc. (ACNR) and Iron Senergy.
“This is a critical win for our members and their families,” UMWA International President Cecil Roberts said. “At a time of growing uncertainty in the coal industry, these agreements are the result of hard-fought negotiations that

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va – The Mountain Valley Pipeline is asking the state Intermediate Court of Appeals to remand its case against protesters who allegedly obstructed construction back to circuit court in Summers County.
Two lawsuits filed by MVP were initially dismissed in circuit court, and the two sides argued their positions before Judges Charles O. Lorensen, Daniel W. Greear, and Ryan White on Tuesday at Shepherd University.
The suit alleges that Martha Ann Zinn, the respondent in the first