West Virginia’s Secretary of State, Kris Warner, asked a federal judge to toss U.S. government demands for unredacted voter registration data.
Now, the U.S. Department of Justice is arguing against West Virginia’s position. DOJ entered a response brief in the case this week.
The federal judge assigned to the case is Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appointee.
The Department of Justice kicked the whole case off weeks ago by filing a lawsuit to compel West Virginia officials to release the list

CHARLESTON, W.Va – A Kanawha County man will spend up to the next 40 years in prison for stabbing another man to death outside the GoMart convenience store in Kanawha City nearly two years ago.
William Selbe was sentenced by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey to the maximum of 40 years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the June 2024 death of Nicholas Hodge, Jr.
Selbe admitted in court that he and Hodge took drugs together and later got

The latest jousting over control of The Greenbrier Hotel is over whether local court in Greenbrier County is the right ground for the fight.
The longtime banker for Senator Jim Justice’s family business network is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed over control of The Greenbrier Hotel in a local courtroom because the location violates venue agreements in contracts signed by the Justices.
Lawyers for Carter Bank wrote that the Justices and their attorneys knew this:
“Over the past five

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As the wait for spring continues, meteorologists now say a dose of midsummer weather will move into the region this weekend and into next week.
Meteorologist Matt Brudy said the weather system bringing the heat is sauntering across the country and will be firmly in place here by Sunday. Highs in the mid 80s Sunday are in the forecast; then the first part of the week the warm air will completely take over.
“Looks like Monday and Tuesday are going to be the two warmest days,

LOUDENDALE, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department has released the names of the victims in a double fatal crash that happened Wednesday morning near Kanawha State Forest.
Deputies said Matthew Cornell, 56, and his wife, Tracey Cornell, 55, of Charleston, died when the pickup truck Matthew Cornell was driving went off Kanawha State Forest Drive at about 9:30 a.m., struck a tree and overturned in the bed of a roadside creek.
Both died at the scene, deputies said.
The crash remains under

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Mingo County murder trial completes a second week of testimony today
–NWS confirms it was a tornado in Preston County
–Senator Capito talks about the current state of the economy
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FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. –An investigation is underway in Fayette County following an active shooter incident on Wolf Creek Road in Fayetteville.
Max Johnson (Photo: Fayette County Sheriff’s Office)
According to Fayette County Sheriff Jess McMullen, Max David Johnson, 32, of Fayetteville was arrested Thursday.
McMullen said that deputies had been dispatched after they received reports of a male subject armed with a handgun inside a local business while employees and customers were present.

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. –A psychologist who evaluated the Mingo County man on trial for the death of a state police trooper to the stand Thursday during the eighth day of trial.
Timothy Kennedy, 32, of Matewan is facing charges of murder, first-degree robbery, disarming a law enforcement officer, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the death of West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard in June 2023.
The prosecutors, who say Kennedy ambushed Maynard while he was responding to a