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While abortion dominated the ballot measure landscape, pro-life Americans won another victory in West Virginia. West Virginians narrowly approved a constitutional amendment to explicitly prohibit killing patients and elderly people in assisted suicide. Voters approved the measure on a narrow 50.5-49.5 margin, but enough for a pro-life victory. The explanation provided on ballots was that “The purpose of this amendment is to protect West Virginians against medically-assisted suicide.” The amendment would add a section to the state Constitution to say, “No person, physician, or health care provider in the State of West Virginia shall participate in the practice of medically...

MOUNT HOPE, WV - A man who was responsible for supervising juveniles at the Gene Spadaro Detention Center in Mount Hope is now facing felony charges. Stephen Basham, 37, of Scarbro was arrested on charges of Use of a Minor Child to Produce Obscene Matter, Criminal Invasion of Privacy and Possession of Child Erotica. Basham is a correctional officer at the Gene Spadaro Center. Deputies in Raleigh County began investigating the case on Dec. 31, 2016 when they received a tip about child pornography on a cell phone at home in Scarbro. Detectives said they found video of a minor...

Kiss doesn't expect abortion veto override By The Associated Press State officials said that Gov. Bob Wise's veto of a hotly debated abortion bill likely buried the issue for now, but the bill's advocates pledge they won't stop fighting. Late Friday, Wise vetoed a bill that would require women have more information about abortions at least 24 hours before they go through the procedure. Wise cited concerns from the medical community that such information was already provided, the bill was too onerous on them and their safety could be put in jeopardy in rejecting the bill. The Legislature passed the...