In Around West Virginia: a 5-year-old cancer victim dies, unemployment is down, children experience trauma after flooding, and more.
n A 5-year-old Bridgeport boy died of neuroblastoma cancer, WDTV reports. Jack Rollins had fought a two-and-a-half year battle. The "Jack Rollins Journey" Facebook page said on Tuesday night: "Our hearts are heavy this evening. Our precious Jack is now in Heaven running free. We love you Jack Jack! Until we are together again, we will remain Jack Strong."
n A Register-Herald reporter spoke to West Virginia political science professors about Delegate Mike Folk's tweet that said Hillary Clinton should be "hung on the Mall in Washington, D.C." Dr. Scott Crichlow, chair of the political science department at West Virginia University, said he was shocked by the language, although he was used to seeing Folk make outlandish statements.
"The kind of language he used is the kind of language that would be used in countries where there are political coups," he said.
Dr. Mary Beth Beller, a political science professor at Marshall University, mentioned sexism.
"I don't know if Folk feels that way because she's female," she said. "A woman of her qualifications, if she were a Republican, there would not be this level of vitriol."
n MetroNews reports unemployment in West Virginia declined to 6 percent in June. The number of unemployed residents decreased by 1,400 to 47,200, according to WorkForce West Virginia. The biggest gains included 1,900 jobs in educational and health services and 1,500 in leisure and hospitality. Several other industries also saw an increase in jobs, while government jobs decreased by 9,900.
n Berkeley County schools still have 74 teaching vacancies for the upcoming school year, according to The Journal. Laura Sutton, assistant superintendent and general counsel, said they often lose teachers to neighboring school systems that pay higher salaries.
n Emily Chittenden-Laird, executive director of the West Virginia Child Advocacy Network, spoke to West Virginia Public Broadcasting about child trauma after last month's flooding.
"They are witnessing their caregiver, many times who is their person of trust, their person of security, experience panic, experience fear, things that that child may never have witnessed their caregiver experience and that can be as offsetting for a child as the flood itself," she said.
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