Delegate Derrick Evans News Today

Senator Azinger’s rise fits in the status quo of a state where turnout is among the worst in the nation, though a package of more restrictive bills appears dead for the session.

Evans is to report to prison within days.

Evans is to report to prison within days.

“The governor does not have the discretion” to fill a vacancy in the 19th Delegate District by selecting from a list of candidates supplied by the state Republican Party, argues Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard. Such an appointment would “usurp the statutory rights of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee members of the 19th Delegate District as well as their constituents.” Maynard insists that Gov. Jim Justice is obligated to fill the vacancy ...

CHARLESTON – The effort to replace the former Delegate Derrick Evans has created a controversy of its own. Jeff Maynard, the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee, filed a writ of mandamus with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Monday asking the court to require Gov. Jim Justice to pick a replacement for Evans from the list of three candidates the committee sent to Justice on Jan. 14. Evans, who was elected to the House in November, resigned Jan. 9 after bein...

Gov. Jim Justice’s vaccine rollout is a boondoggle that is costing lives, Every county has been left to fend for itself, and here in Cabell County, those 65 and over with underlying conditions continue to wait (and wait) for their shots. Why hasn’t Justice centralized this life-saving process? Why hasn’t he called upon FEMA and the National Guard to open up arenas, gyms and stadiums so that vaccinations can become streamlined and efficient? Teams should be visiting remote hollows...

CHARLESTON – A newly elected Wayne County delegate now faces federal charges after taking part in storming the U.S. Capitol earlier this week has resigned. Derrick Evans (R-Wayne) was charged January 8 with entering a restricted area an entering the U.S. Capitol, according to federal officials taking part in a press call about the January 6 events. Attorney John H. Bryan, who is representing Evans, said his client was picked up by federal officials and was taken to federal court in Huntington...

The shirtless man seen in photos from the riot inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, dressed in tan pants and a bearskin headdress with horns, has been arrested and charged in federal court.

STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS West Virginia House of Delegates member Derrick Evans, left, is given the oath of office Dec. 14, 2020, in the House chamber at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Evans recorded video of himself and fellow supporters of President Donald Trump storming the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 prompting calls for his resignation and thousands of signatures on an online petition advocating his removal. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislature via AP) ...

Evans CHARLESTON — Derrick Evans, the incoming member of the West Virginia House of Delegates who recorded himself breaking into the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday with a mob to halt the certification of the presidential election, is facing criminal charges. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that Evans was one of more than 50 people charged with crimes linked to the storming of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, Evans faces two charges: knowingly e...