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Bob Schaper

Green Bay

News Director at WOWK-TV (Charleston, WV)

News Director. Amateur novelist. Parking expert. Always efforting.

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  • Reid-Smith responds to West Virginia State Capitol mural lawsuit

    Sep 4, 2024 | wowktv.com | Isaac Taylor |Bob Schaper

    KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History Cabinet Secretary Randall Reid-Smith has released a statement about a lawsuit asking that a mural containing a likeness of Gov. Jim Justice’s (R-WV) pet bulldog, Babydog, be removed.

  • Lawsuit asks for West Virginia State Capitol mural with likeness of Babydog to be removed

    Aug 30, 2024 | wowktv.com | Bob Schaper

    KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — A lawsuit filed on Friday is asking that a mural containing a likeness of U.S. Senate candidate and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s (R) pet bulldog, Babydog, be removed. The lawsuit was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court by Gregory Morris and artist Tom Acosta. They said the Capitol Building Commission and other officials didn’t follow state law regarding open meetings and the bidding process for state projects, according to court documents. Gov.

  • Man shot and killed on Charleston’s west side

    May 25, 2024 | wowktv.com | Bob Schaper

    CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — A man was shot and killed on Charleston’s west side early Saturday morning, and police say they have not located a suspect. Lt. Tony Hazelett, a CPD spokesman, said the victim was Dimitri Coleman, 29, of Charleston. Hazelett said the shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Railroad Ave., when a man approached Coleman and others while they were gathered near a restaurant. The suspect “grabbed him by his neck, and shot him multiple times,” Hazelett said.

  • Federal government accuses Huntington recovery organizations of fraud

    May 24, 2024 | wowktv.com | Isaac Taylor |Bob Schaper

    HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) — Two well-known recovery organizations in Huntington are accused of defrauding taxpayers out of millions of dollars in a reimbursement scheme going back years. According to court documents unsealed on April 29, Tri-State Addiction Recovery Resources (TSARR) used federal subsidies to buy discounted Vivitrol, a drug used to treat addiction.

  • Federal appeals court rules in favor of Huntington in opioid lawsuit

    Mar 18, 2024 | wowktv.com | Bob Schaper

    FILE – OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo, Feb. 19, 2013, at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. In an agreement revealed late Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its marketing work with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis.

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RT @markknoller: Wonder if talk of Canada as the 51st State has Dick Wolf working on “Mounties: Law & Order,” or moving Steve McGarrett fr…