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Nov. 3—KINGWOOD — Preston County's newest magistrate was sworn in Friday afternoon. Peggy Pase was sworn in by Circuit Court Judge Stephen Shaffer. She will finish the term left vacant by the ...
Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 34,216. [4] Its county seat is Kingwood. [5] The county was formed from Monongalia County in 1818 and named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston.
May 21—Three Preston County residents were charged with grand larceny and conspiracy late last week after the victim and law enforcement officers found a bag of trash containing documents with ...
Preston is an unincorporated community and coal town in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. References
Rowlesburg is a town in southern Preston County, West Virginia, United States, along the Cheat River. The population was 438 at the 2020 census. [5] It is part of the Morgantown metropolitan area. A former railroad town, it is home to the Downtown Rowlesburg Historic District, and was the site of action during the American Civil War.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton (FCI Hazelton) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates, as well as a secure facility for female inmates, located in unincorporated Preston County, West Virginia. [3]
Janet Steele (1977): [17] First female judge in Fayette County, West Virginia; Alice Johnson McChesney (1922): [18] First female lawyer in Charleston, West Virginia [Kanawha County, West Virginia] Elizabeth Aileen Hatfield (1933): [19] First female lawyer in Logan County, West Virginia; Rhonda Wade: [20] First female prosecutor in Marshall ...
Evansville is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Evansville lies on the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) along Little Sandy Creek. Sources differ whether the community was named after Edward, Henry or Hugh Evans, all of whom were first settlers. [2]