House of Delegates members want the state to build at least two centers that could briefly house foster children when there’s no home or facil…
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ROSE MARY (CASEY) TRUJILLO, 85, passed away at her home in Santa Fe, NM on the morning of March 6, 2025. Rose was born in Charleston, WV to Ph…
DR. CHERYL RENAE SHAFER, 62, of Elkview, WV, continued her journey beyond this world on March 17, 2025, at 6:35 p.m., at Hubbard Hospice House…
The child welfare system is the canary in the coal mine. Anyone who truly gives priority to fixing this system needs to understand that the on…
Judge Maryclaire Akers Friday appointed a monitor to West Virginia’s Department of Human Services after a hearing about children staying in Ka…
Alex Mayer, secretary of the Department of Human Services, will appear Friday before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers to discuss …
Fairmont State University says it will no longer house foster children in a dorm on campus beginning in June. The university had been running …
ARIETTA ELIZABETH BARNETT KNIGHT KELLER, known to family and friends as Libby passed away at 6 a.m. on January 17, 2025. She began to deterior…
Foster kids who are trying to reform West Virginia’s troubled child welfare system will have to wait longer for their day in court.
After nearly two weeks of brutal testimony and a conviction on 31 of 35 total counts against them, it’s clear that adoptive parents Jeanne Kay…
