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MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. — Eric Buzzard, the assessor for Marshall County, has admitted to embezzling money from the county.
Eric Buzzard (WVRJA)
Buzzard, 42, pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzlement and conspiracy. He admitted to court to using Marshall County purchase cards for his own person use.
Buzzard further admitted to conspiring with a local car dealer in a kickback scheme that involved the county’s money. That local car dealer admitted to buying vehicles at the request of Buzzard and

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A fourth victim has come forward claiming to have been sexually assaulted by a now dismissed Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputy inside the Kanawha County Judicial Annex.
Charleston Attorneys Jesse Forbes and Dante DiTrapano represent the four victims who allege they were assaulted while in custody by former Deputy Cass Close. Close was charged after the first victim came forward with her allegations and was fired from his job as a bailiff in the county courthouse. He has not

MOOREFIELD, W.Va. — Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the natural disaster which changed much of West Virginia’s landscape and a lot of West Virginia lives forever. The remnants of Hurricane Juan in 1985 collided with a frontal system to produce rain which sat over West Virginia and poured for several days. The National Weather Service recorded 4 to 8 inches of rain on the region in a 48-hour period. The result was a raging torrent coming out of the West Virginia mountains and down into

Nine families who want religious exemptions from mandatory school vaccinations to be recognized by the Berkeley County school system have asked for voluntary dismissal of their court case there because they want to join a class action lawsuit originating in Raleigh County instead.
Michael Lorensen
Berkeley Circuit Judge Michael Lorensen concluded a status hearing today by granting the dismissal. The judge expressed a hope that such cases, which have popped up in courtrooms around the state, are

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –– The state Public Service Commission has announced a deal has been reached in the Hope Gas rate increase case that will affect 131,000 customers in 37 counties.
Kurt Krieger
The original Hope Gas proposal would have increased the base rate by 25% to 35% for customers totaling about $80 million. The settlement slashes the proposed increase nearly in half.
The increase will now be 21% on the customer resulting in $41.2 million in increased revenue. It’s believed the average