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Fayette County Sheriff deputies are looking into a home invasion that happened Wednesday morning. According to 911 dispatchers, it happened at a home on Gatewood Road in Oak Hill at approximately 1 a.m.
Fayette County Sheriff deputies are looking into a home invasion that happened Wednesday morning. According to 911 dispatchers, it happened at a home on Gatewood Road in Oak Hill at approximately 1 a.m.
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It could be a tough summer for people looking to fire up the grill as beef prices have hit an all time high. Local consumers and businesses are having to make sacrifices and cut back on the amount of beef
It could be a tough summer for people looking to fire up the grill as beef prices have hit an all time high. Local consumers and businesses are having to make sacrifices and cut back on the amount of beef
A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bills, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her...
A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" - then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along...
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The Greenbrier classic is less than two weeks away and names of pros attending are still coming in. One big name was just added to the cast of golfers competing in the tournament. Bubba Watson, the
Another big name commits to Greenbrier Classic, Minor League Baseball starts up, NBA Finals and more.
The case against a man charged with shooting two women at a community college inside a Christiansburg mall is headed to a grand jury.
The case against a man charged with shooting two women at a community college inside a Christiansburg mall is headed to a grand jury.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -
A story that was posted by the Associated Press on Monday about claims against the West Virginia Division of Highways, only told part of the story.
59News contacted the West Virginia Department of Transportation to find out more information, but what we discovered was shocking. The amount of claims against the Division of Highways was almost 10-times the amount released earlier. Rather than $22,416 in 2012, the West Virginia Court of Claims announced the amount paid off was $2,092, 001.45. That amount was divided into 525 different claims.
According to Carrie Bly with the West Virginia Department of Transportation the claims represent everything from a few hundred dollar for damage to cars from potholes to thousands of dollars in claims for things like construction equipment damaging homes or flooding from blocked culverts.
The claims against the West Virginia Division of Highways in 2011 were even higher at $2,389,259.77 but that figure represents 222 more claims than were made in 2012. The amounts have dramatically increased since 2009 when there amount paid out was $508,645.28. But since that time, the West Virginia legislature instituted an Omnibus Order. Officials said that those orders streamline the process of getting payment from the West Virginia Court of Claims.
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Claims for vehicle damage caused by road conditions cost the West Virginia Division of Highways more than $22,000 in 2012.
The state Court of Claims awarded a total $22,416 to motorists who filed claims against the DOH. The court also ordered the DOH to pay $12,601 to two people for claims related to maintenance failure.
The Dominion Post reports that the road-related claims included tires and wheels damaged by potholes.
Rachel Rinehart of Preston County filed a claim for damage after her car slid on a patch of ice and into an embankment in January 2011. She was awarded $375.
Rinehart says the accident wouldn't have occurred if the DOH had treated the road with cinders.
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