- {Charleston, West Virginia}...Saturday, the West Virginia Senate unanimously approved the final version of a bill which would prevent individuals from buying more than 48 grams of -pseudoephedrine in one year. The bill would also cap purchases at 3.6 grams per day and 7.2 grams per month. It also endorses a multistate tracking system for these sales, steps up scrutiny of pain drug prescriptions and clinics that dispense them and increases oversight of methadone treatment centers.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Bill Limits Purchases Of Cold Medicines
Fatal Mining Accident
{Scarboro, West Virginia}...Jeremy Sigler of Nicholas County died in an accident at Alpha Natural Resources' Kingston 1 Mine in Scarboro, in Fayette County, Saturday night. A spokesperson with the Mine Safety and Health Administration says the foreman died when a rib rolled while he was running a continuous mining machine. The mine has been closed while MSHA investigates.
Hospital Administrator Denies Allegations
{Madison, West Virginia}...Rusty Felty, a clerk at the Little General Convenience Store in Madison, says he saw Tommy Mullins, the Administrator at Boone Memorial Hospital, having trouble using his credit card at the gas pump, so he came inside the store to use his card, and when that didn't work Rusty says Mullins became irate, went back outside, got a big metal object and began tossing it up in the air and acting like he was going to throw it through the window of the store. Rusty says he ran outside to see what the problem was and that's when Mullins pulled out a knife and came at him. Mullins tells a different story. He admits that there was trouble at the pump and says he got his pocket knife out to separate two things that were stuck together, and, when the attendant came around the building and spoke to him, he had the knife in his hand, but he strongly denies that he walked toward Felty or threatened him.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Pedestrian Killed In Fayette County
{Dothan, West Virginia}...Fayette County Deputies say 21 year old Stephen Nichols was killed when he walked into the middle of WV 612 in Dothan around 1:00 A.M. Saturday morning and was hit by a small SUV. Deputies say the driver couldn't see Nichols because he was dressed in dark colored clothing. No charges are expected to be filed.
Arrests Made In Southside Burglaries
{Huntington, West Virginia}...John Anderson and Brittany Guthrie were arrested Friday in connection with more than a half dozen burglaries in the Southside area of Huntington. Huntington Police say the pair stole plasma TVs, laptops, jewelry, coins and a few pairs of shoes at eight homes. Guthrie is also charged with smuggling Lortab pills into the Western Regional Jail.
West Virginia State Police Scam Warning
{Charleston, West Virginia}...Sgt. Michael Baylous, spokesperson for the West Virginia State Police, says scammers are pretending to be from their organization, and they're asking for money through both email and telephone. Baylous says a woman from Parkersburg contacted him claiming she received an email, which appeared to be from state police, asking her to wire them $3,000 to post bond for her fiance who was allegedly being detained by immigrations and customs officials. Sgt. Baylous says he has gotten other complaints, but the West Virginia State Police is not, for any reason, going to request that you send or wire money to them.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Hatcher Murder Trial Recesses
{Huntington, West Virginia}...The jury in the murder trial of 26 year old Rhamel Hatcher of South Point is set to resume at 9:30 A.M. Monday. Hatcher took the stand Friday in his own defense, testifying he acted in self-defense and that he did not deliver a "fatal blow" to Jeremy Cook. Cook, from Hurricane, was found beaten and unconscious in an alley behind a Huntington nightclub in May 2010. He died several days later at a hospital in Huntington. The case was handed over to the jury about 3:20 P.M. Friday.
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