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North Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Greenwood: Doddridge County: Aug. 2001 Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood [29] Northern Regional Jail Moundsville: Marshall County: Nov. 1994 Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Wetzel [30] Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Augusta ...
Doddridge County was officially created in 1845 from parts of Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, and Lewis Counties of what was then still Virginia. It was named for Philip Doddridge (1773–1832), the late statesman of western Virginia who was the leading voice for westerners during the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829–1830.
North Central West Virginia (sometimes known as "Mountaineer Country") is a region in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The region's largest cities are Morgantown , Fairmont , and Clarksburg . Counties
Apr. 25—A Morgantown man is in jail on first-degree murder charges stemming from the April 19 shooting death of his wife at a residence on Falling Water Lane in Cheat Lake. On Thursday, Rick ...
Article 9, Section 8, of the West Virginia Constitution permits the creation of additional counties if a majority of citizens in the proposed new county vote for its creation and the new county has a minimum area of 400 square miles (1,036 km 2) and a population of at least 6,000.
The ACLU of Indiana filed a lawsuit 15 years ago but put it on hold as long as county officials were making progress toward a new jail. Contact H-T reporter Laura Lane a llane@heraldt.com or 812 ...
West Union, incorporated July 20, 1881, is a town and the county seat of Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 669 at the 2020 census. [2] The town is located along Middle Island Creek at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 18; the North Bend Rail Trail also passes through the town. [6]
VERONA – After the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) announced the closure of Augusta Correctional Center (ACC), many hoped the nearby regional jail would be able to offer positions to ...