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08/01/2026

Judge: Parkersburg recycling contract falls short of state law

A judge has ruled that the city of Parkersburg’s recycling contract does not meet the requirements of state law, siding with a local attorney who sued the city over how it structured the service.

07/13/2026

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06/03/2026

WTAP Television City of Parkersburg - Government

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in favor of firefighters who claimed the City of Parkersburg unjustly docked their pay. Link in comments.

06/03/2026

https://www.wtap.com/2026/06/02/damage-calculations-ahead-after-west-virginia-supreme-court-rules-favor-parkersburg-firefighters-pay-dispute/

WTAP Television coverage of White, et al., v. City of Parkersburg - Government

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in favor of firefighters who claimed the City of Parkersburg unjustly docked their pay.

05/30/2026

West Virginia University College of Law was the setting for this oral argument before the West Virginia Supreme Court on April 1, 2026.

Rule 19 Argument:Case 1. 10:00 a.m. - Heartland Leasing Co., LLC,...

05/29/2026

https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2026/05/west-virginia-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-firefighters-in-lawsuit-against-parkersburg/

PARKERSBURG – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled this week that the City of Parkersburg was wrong to reduce firefighters’ pay without notice in a 2017 move municipal officials said corrected a six-year-old error. The court issued its ruling in the lawsuit, originally filed in 2018,...

05/26/2026

“You have to put yourself back in the context of that time,” Bayless said. “The College of Law had admitted women for a long time, but only between two and five per year. My class, the class of ’79, had the largest number of women who’d ever been admitted.”

Kay Bayless, a colleague in the practice of employment law on behalf of WV employees for many years, is now retired from active practice.

What a legacy she and her impressive , trailblazing female classmates from West Virginia University College of Law class of 1979 have. Beth Pyles - 3rd place in this battle of the titans - was the founder of this law firm a few decades ago!

Students at WVU law school compete in a 100-year old competition, arguing mock appeals cases before the state supreme appellate court.

04/30/2026

"For Payne, law is about service, and his family has set a strong example. After graduation, he’ll return to Beckley to work with the Public Defender Corporation and plans to invest in the community just as his predecessors did."

A cool story about a family with generations of West Virginia University College of Law graduates.

The latest generation of Payne family lawyers is about to walk the Commencement stage at West Virginia University College of Law. For Chris Payne, a strong legacy was the first step.