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Eastern Panhandle Juvenile Drug Court receiving $6,500 donation from nonprofit organization
A ceremony will be held next week to celebrate a $6,500 donation the Eastern Panhandle Juvenile Drug Court is receiving from a nonprofit organization that is dissolving, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals announced Friday. The check...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency
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Walk the Walk raises awareness of mental health in Chambersburg
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comOne in four individuals will experience mental illness in their lifetime. Nearly 30 years ago, A. Kenneth Wuertenberg suffered his own bout with mental illness. “I had a break from reality,” he said. “My behavior became more erratic...Tags: Mental Illness, Diseases and Illnesses, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Panhandle juvenile drug court to receive $6,500 donation from nonprofit
A ceremony will be held next week to celebrate a $6,500 donation the Eastern Panhandle Juvenile Drug Court is receiving from a nonprofit organization that is dissolving, the state Supreme Court of Appeals announced Friday. The check presentation to the...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency
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David Hanlin: Giving kids a chance
Readers of this column are aware that I have a concern about children in Washington County being prepared to start kindergarten. According to the results of an annual assessment of children entering kindergarten coordinated by the Maryland State...Tags: Family, Abusive Behavior
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Nonprofit dispersing money to fight substance abuse and addiction
matthewu@herald-mail.comA nonprofit group that was formed to tackle substance abuse and addiction among young people in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle is dissolving, said Berkeley County Councilman Douglas E. Copenhaver Jr., who led the organization. Helping Hands...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Behavioral Conditions, Juvenile Delinquency
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W.Va. to expand Medicaid, extend coverage to 91,500 uninsured
Associated PressWest Virginia will expand Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul through a plan announced Thursday by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, which would extend coverage to an estimated 91,500 uninsured low-income residents. The decision follows a financial...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, John D. Rockefeller IV, Physical Therapists, Government
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Man sentenced to weekend jail time for trying to kill dogs with sponges
dona@herald-mail.comA Keedysville man was sentenced Monday in Washington County Circuit Court to 10 weekends in jail after pleading guilty to trying to kill dogs with sponges covered with chicken gravy. Joseph Wade Wagner, 35, of 5132 Porterstown Road, pleaded guilty to...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Justice System, Punishment
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Pay spat marks end of W.Va. legislative session
After passing large-scale measures that aim to improve public schools and reduce crime, one issue proved too vexing for the West Virginia Legislature on the final day of its 2013 session: magistrate pay raises. The 2013 session ended Saturday with the...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Democratic Party, Economy, Business and Finance
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Speed cameras could fund alternative correctional program
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWithout a sustainable revenue stream, a $2.5 million request to create an alternative correctional program, has been eliminated from Washington County’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-14, but the county’s sheriff has suggested speed...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Prisons, Health and Safety at School, Budgets and Budgeting, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Hagerstown woman sentenced to five years for maintaining a common nuisance
dona@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown woman was sentenced Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court to five years in state prison for allowing her home to be used to distribute illegal drugs. Sharday Marie Powell, 21, formerly of 916 Summit Ave., Apt. F1, pleaded guilty to...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Maryland State Police, Heroin, Judges, Prisons
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Fairplay man pleads guilty to attempted robbery, burglary
dona@herald-mail.comA Fairplay man who stole a neighbor’s van, unsuccessfully tried to rob a pharmacy and then was caught by the son of the van’s owner was sentenced to five years in state prison after pleading guilty Thursday in Washington Circuit Court to...Tags: Maryland State Police, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Prescription Drugs, OxyContin (drug)
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Forum in Martinsburg aimed at reaching out to help solve the child poverty issue
richardb@herald-mail.comNothing brought to mind more about the suffering that children who grow up poor and destitute endure than the testimony of a young woman Saturday at a forum organized to combat child poverty. Kristi Cotter, 23, of Bunker Hill, W.Va., in an emotional...Tags: Social Issues, Theft, West Virginia Legislature, Poverty
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