CHARLESTON - An Ohio County resident was one of three candidates to defeat appointees by Gov. Patrick Morrisey to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and one of the first appointees to the new Intermediate Court of Appeals on Tuesday night. According to preliminary election results ...
WELLSBURG — The current president of the Brooke County Board of Education will not return for another term. According to unofficial results Tuesday, incumbents Kristin Newton and Stacy Paris will be joined by newcomer Michael Traubert when the board begins its next fiscal year in July. Newton, from the Follansbee District, received the highest number of votes with 1,399, or 26.28%, followed by Traubert from the Wellsburg District with 1,315. Paris, of the Weirton District, received 792 votes. Current board member Ted Pauls received 1,033 votes; however, because Traubert and ...
WELLSBURG — Incumbent Brooke County Commissioner Stacey "Hukill" Wise is on her way to another term. Wise, a Follansbee resident, defeated Kevin Himmelrick in Tuesday's Republican primary. She received 601 votes, while Himmelrick collected 564 votes, according to unofficial results from the Brooke County Board of Elections. No Democrat filed the seat, which means Wise will be unopposed in the Nov. 3 general election. "I'm grateful for the outcome," Wise said Tuesday night. "I am thankful for the support the community has given me through the years." Wise cautioned that even ...
CHESTER — Only two races were contested in Tuesday's municipal election in Chester. In Ward 1, Bill Kell defeated two challengers, Seth Roderick Patton and Leon Huff. Kell finished with 44 votes, while Patton had 22 votes and Huff had 16 votes, according to unofficial results from the Hancock County Board of Elections. In Ward 5, Steve Shuman defeated two other candidates, Donald Tharp and Jason Thorn. Shuman finished with 23 votes, while Tharp had 19 votes and Thorn 18 votes. Mayor Ed Wedgewood was unopposed in his re-election bid. He collected 318 votes. John Woody Woodruff ...
WHEELING – Republican Derek Ennis is one step closer to being a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Ennis defeated businessman and entrepreneur Dolph Santorine in Tuesday’s primary election to win the GOP nomination to the District 4 seat in the House. Ennis received 863 ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — Three new members will join the Hancock County Board of Education in July, shortly after the board has been stripped of much of its authority by the state. According to unofficial results Tuesday night, Tiffany Gale of Weirton, Melissa Bane of Weirton and Jeff Woofter of New Cumberland are set to take their seats at the beginning of the district’s fiscal year July 1. They are filling seats currently held by Board Vice President Ed Fields, Jack Crow and Jim Horstman. Numbers provided by the Hancock County Clerk’s Office Tuesday show Woofter receiving the most ...
