A Ripley woman was arrested Wednesday on charges of allegedly forging checks that she stole from her mother’s checkbook.

A second man involved in alleged prescription pill trafficking was arrested by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department last week.

CASA of the Fifth Judicial Circuit recently announced the hiring of local resident JoAnne Patterson. Patterson is the new executive program director for the non-profit, child abuse and neglect prevention advocacy group.

A Given man was killed Monday evening after his tractor-trailer rolled over on him as he was conducting repairs along the West Virginia Turnpike.

A South Carolina man died Monday morning when he was thrown from the SUV he was driving as it rolled on I-77 just south of the Kenna interchange.

A lawsuit was filed last week in Circuit Court against West Virginia Polymer, a Millwood manufacturing company, claiming that the company has failed to pay lease payments for several months and seeking to bar the company from selling any assets until payments are received.

The Board of Education voted last Thursday evening to request funding from the School Building Authority for a new Kenna Elementary as this year’s “needs” project.

“If it seems to good to be true, it usually is” can be the best advice to take when dealing with mail fraud. Criminals are currently using the U.S. Postal Service to bilk unsuspecting local individuals out of thousands of dollars.
 

The former Ripley Police Officer charged with sexually abusing a minor girl entered a plea of not guilty Friday morning in Jackson County Circuit Court.
 

A North Carolina man was arrested in Ravenswood last Thursday after a routine traffic stop allegedly uncovered a large quantity of prescription drugs in his possession.

The Jackson County Board of Education, meeting in regular session last Thursday evening, acted on several personnel matters.

The office of State Tax Commissioner Christopher G. Morris is offering a series of tips to help West Virginians file their Personal Income Taxes this year.

One of the individuals indicted last summer on meth-related charges had her bond rescinded this week following her arrest Tuesday on DUI charges in Ripley.

Woman arrested for stabbing a man with a fork, thief swipes dough from cupcake shop, one man's effort to create the coolest laundromat ever, plus a recent Jackson Newspapers story all make headlines in this week's edition of Gatehouse News Service's This Week in Weird. 

The Kroger Company recently released information concerning certain products that may have been contaminated with Salmonella Bacteria.