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Carry the Load Makes a Stop in San Angelo   SAN ANGELO,TX –  Carry the Load walked on through San Angelo today for the reason of reminding people what Memorial Day is all about. Around noon today, I drove over to Foster Field where ASU was actually playing a baseball game (Go Rams) and in the parking lot was a huge RV with “Carry the Load” decals on the side. I figured I was in the right place. I walked up to the gates at Foster Field but suddenly realized that ASU was playing a baseball game so I walked back towards the RV slightly embarrassed.

CHARLESTON – Kenneth Ballard is Kanawha County's newest circuit court judge. On April 26, Gov. Jim Justice appointed Ballard, who lives in Charleston, to the Kanawha Circuit Court. He will fill the seat vacated when former Judge Tod Kaufman retired last month. Ballard graduated from the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke College of Law in 2001, and he has been a Kanawha Family Court judge since 2008. He has served as Chief Family Court Judge in 2010, and he also has served as a Juvenile Drug Court Judge. Ballard “I am truly honored by Governor Justice’s app...

Former Roanoke Co. fire chief speaks to Kiwanis Club Pete DeLuca © Provided by Roanoke-Lynchburg WDBJ-TV Simon speaks to Kiwanis Club over Zoom. ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Former Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Chief Steve Simon is being recognized by the Kiwanis Club for his service to the community. Wednesday, Simon spoke at the club’s virtual meeting. He now serves as the executive director of the Western Virginia EMS Council and shared some insight into the future of fire and rescue while discussing current challenges. He says Roanoke County has had no instances of fire and...

Roanoke County stays local for selection of new Fire & Rescue chief Travis Griffith currently serves as Deputy Chief of Operations Published:  Tags:  ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Roanoke County Fire & Rescue has named Travis Griffith as the department’s new fire chief. Griffith currently serves as Deputy Chief of Operations. He began his service with Roanoke County Fire & Rescue in 2002 as a Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician for the department. He was promoted up through the ranks becoming a Lieutenant in 2005, Captain in 2008, Battalion Chief in 2012, and to his most recent position in...

CHARLESTON – Maryclaire Akers has been appointed as a Kanawha Circuit Court judge, taking over the seat left by the death of Judge Charles King. Akers, who has practiced law for 21 years, currently is a Senior Assistant Prosecutor with the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney’s office. She also has served as that office’s chief of staff. In addition, she was a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, general counsel for the state Ethics Commission and an assistant state Attorney General. She will serve the rest of King’s term, which expires in 2022. Senior Status Judge Dan O’Hanlon has been ...