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Gazette-Mail editorial: New foster care law simply doesn't do enough
Editorial

Gazette-Mail editorial: New foster care law simply doesn't do enough

  • Updated May 13, 2025

In signing House Bill 2880 into law, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has allowed the creation of a Critical Incident Review Team that will…

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WV Book Team: Author tells own story to prevent sexual abuse of children
Life & Arts

WV Book Team: Author tells own story to prevent sexual abuse of children

  • By Amy Deal For HD Media
  • Updated May 5, 2025

This month we spend some time with Diane Tarantini, who uses her experiences and her words to prevent other children from enduring what she di…

Couple sued by more of their children after being found guilty of human trafficking
Legal Affairs

Couple sued by more of their children after being found guilty of human trafficking

  • By Ashley Perham aperham@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Apr 16, 2025

Two children of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, are suing the couple for the abuse the couple inflicted on them. The ol…

Gazette-Mail editorial: The challenge of making youth sports less toxic
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Gazette-Mail editorial: The challenge of making youth sports less toxic

  • Updated Jun 4, 2025

If you listened to any of the recent West Virginia high school basketball tournaments on the radio, you more than likely heard public service …

Gazette-Mail editorial: WV must get foster care under control
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Gazette-Mail editorial: WV must get foster care under control

  • Updated May 12, 2025

Problems within foster care and Child Protective Services in West Virginia are myriad and staggering. That’s not a revelatory statement to any…

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Paris Hilton urges WV senators to pass bill protecting minors in treatment facilities
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Paris Hilton urges WV senators to pass bill protecting minors in treatment facilities

  • By Ameila Ferrell Knisely West Virginia Watch
  • Updated Mar 22, 2025

A Senate bill that aims to prevent abuse of minors in West Virginia’s residential treatment programs has backing from Paris Hilton, who sent a…

Whitefeather, Lantz given max sentences for Sissonville abuse of adopted children
Legal Affairs

Whitefeather, Lantz given max sentences for Sissonville abuse of adopted children

  • By Ashley Perham aperham@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Apr 14, 2025

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, were given the maximum sentence Wednesday for the mistreatment of four of their five ad…

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Betty Rivard: West Virginia's canary in a coal mine (ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä)
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Betty Rivard: West Virginia's canary in a coal mine (ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä)

  • By Betty Rivard
  • Updated Mar 16, 2025

The child welfare system is the canary in the coal mine. Anyone who truly gives priority to fixing this system needs to understand that the on…

Couple sued by oldest daughter after being found guilty of trafficking their children
Legal Affairs

Couple sued by oldest daughter after being found guilty of trafficking their children

  • By Ashley Perham aperham@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Apr 14, 2025

The oldest adopted daughter of Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz is suing the couple for their negligence, infliction of emotional dist…

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WVCAN releases annual report on child abuse statistics

  • Updated Mar 4, 2025

The West Virginia Child Advocacy Network (WVCAN) has released its statewide data report for the 2024 fiscal year (July 1, 2023, to June 30, 20…

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