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CHRIS DICKERSON

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Chris Dickerson

    Judge OKs $4.4M settlement in Sissonville abuse cases (opens the original)

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    CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County judge has approved a $4.4 million settlement with the State of West Virginia for five adopted children who were abused by their former parents in Sissonville. The claims that were settled centered around DoHS and their failure to intervene on behalf of the children despite numerous reports of abuse. Kanawha Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers approved the settlement September 29. “My firm and Salango Law have vowed to uncover every stone in every state to get compens

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Chris Dickerson

    Pa. court upholds tossing Pitt suit over canceled Herd game (opens the original)

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    PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania appeals court has upheld the dismissal of the University of Pittsburgh’s lawsuit against Marshall University over a canceled 2020 football game. ruling that Marshall, as an arm of the state of West Virginia, cannot be sued in a Pennsylvania court without the state’s consent. In a unanimous opinion filed Sept. 24, a three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling that Marshall, as an arm of the State of West Virginia, cannot be sued in a Pennsylvania

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Chris Dickerson

    Lincoln County suit targets state school funding model (opens the original)

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    CHARLESTON — A Lincoln County student has asked the state Supreme Court to declare West Virginia’s public school funding system unconstitutional. The petition, filed September 25, argues the current reliance on local property wealth leaves poorer counties without enough money to provide the education guaranteed by the state Constitution. It seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Legislature and state education officials to revise the school aid formula and meet their constitutional obligatio

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Chris Dickerson

    Father says 5-year-old was abused at Hurricane daycare (opens the original)

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    WINFIELD – The father of a 5-year-old boy has sued a Hurricane daycare center and staff alleging the child was physically and verbally abused over several days last month. In the complaint, Joey Ashworth also says the facility failed to report and properly investigate the alleged conduct. Ashworth filed the complaint September 23 in Putnam Circuit Court against My Family Daycare and Preschool, Josslyn Forth and Kelley Matusic on behalf of his child, identified only as B.A. According to the com

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Chris Dickerson

    Parents: 6-year-old left Mary Ingles Elementary unsupervised (opens the original)

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    CHARLESTON – The parents of a 6-year-old Mary Ingles Elementary kindergartener claim the boy was allowed to leave school unsupervised in August and was found crying by a stranger who took him home. Hunter Lowery and Ariel Caldwell, parents of a child identified only as E.L., filed the civil lawsuit September 23 in Kanawha Circuit Court against have the Kanawha County Board of Education, teacher Rachel Lewis, early childhood classroom assistant Christa Cottrell and MIES Principal Cynthia Schill

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