In Around West Virginia: an investigative team works on elder abuse cases, a Parkersburg man may be the "greatest" Muhammad Ali fan, and more.
n A Greenbrier County multi-disciplinary investigative team is the only county-level team that's sole purpose is to follow elder abuse cases, according to The Register-Herald. The team organized a ceremony to recognize Elder Abuse Awareness Day at the Lewisburg courthouse Wednesday. The newspaper also printed a list of ways to help prevent elder abuse, such as volunteering at a nursing home or checking on elderly loved ones.
n Jeremy Marcum, 22, will spend life in prison after a Wayne County jury recommended he receive no mercy during his life sentence, The Herald-Dispatch reports. Marcum, 22, stabbed to death James "Red" Bundy, who was 77, and stabbed Bundy's widow, Myrtle Bundy.
"He didn't have mercy for me," Myrtle Bundy said. "He didn't have mercy for my husband. When we were begging for mercy he kept on so I think justice was given. I thank all of them for seeing the facts and the truth about the case."
n A Parkersburg businessman has about 200 items with Muhammad Ali's signature, according to The State Journal. Gary Traugh finally got to meet his hero about seven years ago for lunch in Louisville. He said his son, Cyrus, sat on Ali's lap.
"It was surreal," Traugh said. "He blessed my son."
Ali's funeral is today at 2 p.m.
n The Mingo County STOP coalition is looking into creating a county ordinance that would enact penalties if adults allow underage drinking on their property, The Mingo Messenger reports. Some counties have similar ordinances, since no law establishes penalties, according to the newspaper.
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