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"I am not Jesus Christ" Romano's drunken WV trip The Weekly Recorder June 13, 2008 Washington- The once promising political career of Sammy "The Bull" Romano is in potential collapse in the wake of his being ...

Lawmakers unhappy with a federal court ruling on nonprofit groups' election spending say they may want another crack at the state law in question.

A federal audit is questioning $3.2 million in grant money the Canaan Valley Institute spent over the past four years.

“We call this a living room atmosphere”

Guests perk up to hot cups of joe and sweet mountain music during weekend performances. via Southern Living

“So, the county would be the conduit for the grant then”

The Youghiogheny River Watershed Association asked the Garrett County commissioners on Tuesday to support the Hoyes Run Erosion Repair Project. via The Republican

“A lot of people think that when you get married, it's a one-year or a five-year term and you're out in the field again”

' It could have been any love story: Girl meets boy, boy falls in love with girl. via Martinsburg Journal

“What we're doing is trying to get ahead of the curve”

Posted Thursday, January 24, 2008 ; 05:55 PM Updated Thursday, January 24, 2008 ; 07:06 PM Office of Emergency Management is Putting Together a Resource Manual to Help First Responders It is not the first ... via WBOY-TV

“People get to see how they lived and what they went through. Most people don't know what happened. It was one of the worst winters on record.”

' Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson stood at his camp with his band of soldiers Saturday, guarding the town of Berkeley Springs and overseeing his plans for the Confederate capture of Hancock, Md., during the ... via Martinsburg Journal

“Whether you've got time to hear it, I don't know.”

Surrounded by family and friends, Susie Smith wept Friday as Raleigh County Circuit Judge H.L. Kirkpatrick sentenced 42-year-old Michael E. Martin to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his ... via Register-herald.com

“The only thing I complain about is the shoestring barrier between lanes. We need a Jersey wall”

' A Hagerstown man was killed in an accident when the van he was driving left the northbound lanes of Interstate 81, struck an embankment, veered back on the highway and collided with a truck towing a ... via Martinsburg Journal

“Any time I talk before a group about West Virginia's fine arts heritage, people are always shocked to learn how much significant fine art heritage this state has.”

John Cuthbert, curator of the West Virginia and Regional History Collection at the WVU Libraries, will discuss portrait and landscape artists from the late 18th to early 20th centuries at 7 p.m., Tuesday , in ... via WVU Today

Bells may be ringing the day after Christmas if the Salvation Army doesn't reach its $60,000 goal. via The Intelligencer

The toys have been chosen, the convention center cleared, but Mac's Toy Fund isn't over yet. via Register-herald.com

A Hagerstown man convicted on federal drug charges was sentenced to 30 years in prison last week in Martinsburg's U.S. District Court. via Martinsburg Journal

“That was my first real exposure. I was absolutely fascinated. That's what provoked my interest in politics. Mrs. Brand certainly sowed the seeds in me of interest in our system of government and our Constitution.”

His eyesight may not have allowed him to pursue one of his early career dreams, but there's no denying that U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston has perspective. via Register-herald.com

“The city argues that it never made any misrepresentation to Grandeotto that it knew to be false and there is simply no evidence thereof”

Bernard Folio of Clarksburg and his real estate business can pursue a suit to make city taxpayers demolish a building they bought from him and a suit seeking damages from the city for fraud and ... via The West Virginia Record

“I think it's going to maybe change things”

' The verdict in a Jefferson County murder trial was called into question Tuesday as a result of a juror's apparent misconduct, only hours after a verdict was rendered. via Martinsburg Journal

“We'll never know because he's dead.”

' A number of witnesses in the trial of a man accused of murdering another man outside a Jefferson County nightclub in 2003 told jurors Tuesday that the victim had a history of "violent" behavior and a ... via Martinsburg Journal

“That's kind of what's been holding me up”

' Sen. John Yoder isn't planning to seek a third term in the West Virginia Legislature. via Martinsburg Journal