WOMAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR THREAT OF MASS VIOLENCE
Maria Mastropasqua has been taken into custody, following an incident at the Oldtown Manor apartments yesterday afternoon, in which a threat of mass violence was made. The Cumberland Police, the Allegany County Combined Investigative Unit and the Cumberland Emergency Response Team conducted a search warrant. Residents in the area should expect to see an increased…
SOMERSET MAN SENTENCED IN DOUBLE-FATAL CRASH
Somerset County resident Braxton Judy will spend nearly two years behind bars after pleading guilty to his role in a 2023 fatal crash that took the lives of 17-year-old Talan Marva and 20-year-old Rachel Maldonado. District Attorney Molly Metzgar claimed the victim’s families did agree to the plea deal. As part of the plea, Judy…
SNAP RECIPIENTS TO RECEIVE FULL BENEFITS BY TODAY
Maryland officials say SNAP recipients will begin receiving their full SNAP benefits by today. Recipients who have received partial benefits from the state will receive the balance of their funds on today, too. The move comes only days after Maryland began distributing 62-million dollars in SNAP funds.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO RESUME O.C. INLET DREDGING
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will resume dredging operations at the Ocean City Inlet this week. The dredge Murden will work at the entrance to the Sinepuxent Channel from Thursday, November 20th through Tuesday, November 25th. The northern part of the West Ocean City Harbor was dredged in July with crews removing nearly eight-thousand…
BLUESTONE COAL FACES TAX LIENS
Senator Jim Justice’s family-owned coal company, Bluestone Coal, has more than three million dollars in liens filed against it for unpaid severance and special reclamation taxes. The West Virginia Tax Division filed the liens between 2023 and this past summer. The liens represent 35 filings for unpaid obligations that the company claims are immediately due…
STATE WORKERS IN W.V. FACE HEALTH INSURANCE COST INCREASES
The Public Employee Insurance Agency is considering a three-percent increase in monthly premiums for state workers for the 2027 plan year, along with a 200-dollar monthly spousal surcharge increase. If approved, these increases take effect next July, following increases of 14 percent just last July. Education West Virginia co-president Dale Lee says teachers have experienced…
TEACHER PAY CRISIS IMPACT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
Low teacher salaries combined with rising housing costs are driving educators out of West Virginia and preventing new teachers from relocating to the state. Berkeley County Board of Education President Jackee Long notes that average home prices in her county range from 260-thousand to 275-thousand dollars, with average prices around 350-thousand dollars. She points out…
W.V. ATTRACTS MAJOR NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS
West Virginia announced two new natural gas-fired power plants within one week, marking a historic opportunity for the state’s energy sector. First Energy will construct a 12-hundred-megawatt natural gas combined cycle power plant set to operate by 2031. Additionally, Kindle Energy, Blackstone, and GE Vernova announced a joint venture for a one-point-two-billion-dollar gas-fired plant in…
P.A. ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNING RESIDENTS ABOUT RECENT DATA BREACH
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is warning residents about a data breach that happened over the summer. The AG says personal information belonging to Pennsylvania residents, including social security numbers, may have been accessed during the August cyber incident. There is no evidence that any personal information has been misused so far, according to officials. …
WOMEN CHARGED IN DEATH OF FAYETTE COUNTY GIRL HEADED FOR TRIAL
The case against two women charged in the death of a young Fayette County girl is moving forward. Nine-year-old Renesmay Eutsey was reported missing from her Dunbar Borough home in early September. She was later found dead about 20 miles away from her home in the Youghiogheny River. Kourtney Eutsey and Sarah Shipley — the…
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