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Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Clarksburg labor union to pay nearly $270k to settle federal PPP claims
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — A Clarksburg-based labor union will pay $269,995.83 to settle federal allegations of making 'false claims' under the Paycheck Protection Program. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 596 applied for and obtained loans that it wasn't eligible for under the pandemic-era program. The Paycheck Protection Program is part of the CARES Act, which provided emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program provided loans to eligible small businesses for job retention and other expenses, and applicants had to certify their eligibility in order to receive the loans. Three other unions based in New York, Washington and California are also part of the settlement, which adds up to more than $5.1 million. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
City planning approves BOE request tied to new Suncrest Middle School
Apr. 14—MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Planning Commission has signed off on a request from the Monongalia County Board of Education regarding the future site of a new Suncrest Middle School. The commission approved a subdivision request to split a 13-acre parcel off the 192-acre parcel that once included the West Virginia University poultry farm. The property is located off Research Park Road and sits directly behind Sundale Nursing Home. The newly formed parcel is part of the approximately 17 acres of "pad ready " land purchased by the BOE from WVU for $4 million late last year for the purpose of building a new Suncrest Middle School. The remaining four acres obtained by the BOE is a separate, adjacent parcel that, due to the seemingly random nature of the city's boundaries, is located outside of Morgantown and included in the county's West Run Planning District. According to attorney Robert Shuman, who represented the BOE before the planning commission, the BOE will likely request to have that smaller property annexed into the city at some point and the entire 17 acres consolidated into a single parcel. The construction of a new Suncrest Middle School has an anticipated project cost of $33, 965, 932 to be split between the district and the School Building Authority of West Virginia. The SBA announced in December that it was awarding Monongalia County Schools $16, 956, 966 to be provided in two payments — $11, 400, 437 in fiscal year 2025 and $5, 582, 529 in fiscal year 2026. The BOE hired Williamson Shriver Architects out of Charleston to design the new school and lead the construction project. The original section of the current Suncrest Middle School building on Baldwin Street was built in 1939. It underwent six major additions between 1953 and 2016, including a renovation in 1994 that doubled the school's square footage. According to an SBA report on the old school's condition, a worrying number of stress cracks have formed throughout the building in recent years resulting in significant movement within the structure. In March, the BOE approved a $115, 402 contract with Clarksburg-based City Construction to demolish one section — three rooms — of the building.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Yahoo
Police say Facebook posts of missing officer are fake
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — A social media post claiming that a police officer is missing out of Clarksburg has been making the rounds over the past few days, but officials said it's all fake. 12 News first learned of this case Thursday evening when a post in a Uniontown, Pa.-based Facebook group was sent our way that claimed a local officer named Marrie-Anne Hendrix has been missing since Wednesday morning and 'may be in EXTREME danger.' 12 News contacted the Uniontown Police Department, which said the post was fake. A few hours later, 12 News discovered another post made in a Clarksburg-based group with the same pictures claiming the officer was missing out of Clarksburg and that her name was Kathleen Ballinger. 87 arrested in Marion County-based drug bust, more arrests pending So who even is this woman? Her real name is Kennedy Ballinger, and she is a real officer with the Middletown Division of Police (MDP) in Middletown, Ohio. The MDP acknowledged the fake posts Thursday afternoon, where it detailed how Ballinger and another officer have been the focus of a mass scam in which fake accounts are made and post messages in 'buy here sell here' Facebook groups claiming that the officers are missing. Do yourself a favor and do some digging before re-sharing the post. If it's legit, you would see it right here on our page or see it on the news wherever you live. The easiest thing to look for is if the comments have been turned off. You could also do a reverse image search on Google and see how many times the photo was used in a post or ad and see the different cities that were tagged. These particular posts spread like wildfire, we ask that you report them as you see them. Thank you and be aware!! Middletown Division of Police Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
