West Virginia Watchdog

11/06/2025

10/30/2025

The Marion County WV Health Department is conducting a survey to help better understand the needs of our community. Your participation is greatly appreciated!

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10/26/2025

🚍 School Bus Safety Reminder for Drivers:

The only time you do NOT have to stop for a school bus is when you are on a divided highway or roadway that has a physical barrier or median, and you are driving in the opposite direction.

Otherwise, YOU STOP 🛑

It does not matter how many lanes there are.
If you’re on the same side as the bus, YOU STOP. 🛑

It does not matter if it’s a big road and you’re “a few lanes over.”
If there is no physical barrier, YOU STOP. 🛑

It does not matter if you’re in a parking lot or on a private road, YOU STOP. 🛑

Examples:
🚦 If a school bus is stopping anywhere on Fairmont Ave, YOU STOP. 🛑
🚦 If a bus is stopping on the Gateway Connector and you’re on the same side, YOU STOP. 🛑
🚦 If you’re on the opposite side, separated by the medians, you do not stop.

🚸 If a bus is stopping in a daycare, school, or shopping center parking lot, YOU STOP. 🛑

🚨 West Virginia Penalties:
Failing to stop can result in fines between $500–$2,000 and up to 30 days in jail. 👮‍♀️

Our bus drivers are amazing and work hard everyday. Respect them and the laws put in place to help ensure ALL of our children make it home safely.🙏🏽

10/23/2025

📣Bus #20 Parents:
The bus will be running tomorrow AS SCHEDULED. Any rumors that the day would be "excused" due to there being a substitute driver is inaccurate.

10/21/2025

📣If you voted AGAINST the school bond, you don’t get to be upset now.

Not about the things it was designed to fix.
Not about the problems I told you were coming.

You chose to believe lies and misinformation.
You chose anger over logic.
You thought punishing everyone would somehow stop the inevitable.

It didn’t.

All it did was make it impossible to fix what was broken and guaranteed more problems ahead.

Things will get worse.
Consolidations will happen.
But there won’t be new schools.
No new facilities.
No money to repair what’s left.

Funding is worse than before.

So if you’re feeling regret, remember this:
Some of us tried to warn you.

And remember them, the ones who lied to you.
The elected officials who flip-flopped
They fiend support publicly but spread lies privately, desperate to claw back the favor they lost in the last election.
Or the ones who never showed up to a single school board meeting.
They were the ones who had every chance to be part of the process but sold out their community out of laziness and ego.

Then had the nerve to act like they knew what they were talking about.

This is on them.

They owe their community and their schools an apology.
And they need to be voted OUT!

09/11/2025

08/19/2025

Be sure to follow The Marion County WV Health Department NEW accounts on Facebook, Instagram and X for all updates and news!
I have provided images of the the new accounts on each platform.

08/12/2025

Anyone who missed the deadline for the school clothing voucher, please fill out an application anyway and deliver it in person. You will be denied, then request a hearing. This is per Charleston.

The local Marion County DHHR is NOT telling you your rights.
I have a recording of them stating that they have too much "paperwork" and that its not their job to help you like that, even though the supervisor gave me a sob story about wanting to help parents and being upset about the policy changing so quickly and how they were blindsided by the change.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!

08/12/2025

The The Marion County WV Health Department is holding their BACK TO SCHOOL Immunization clinic at North Marion High School from Tues 12-6pm!

08/10/2025

📣Just a reminder: This is not a "community page". I do not owe you anything. You do not pay me. I do not have to justify myself to you. I provide my resources and work FREE of charge and have done so for the last 6 years. In that time I have always been accurate in my reporting and have provided safety and confidentiality of my sources. No amount of bullying and threats will change that.
If you have an issue with a story I have covered, then DO NOT FOLLOW ME.
I do not censor people who disagree with me, but I will block abuse, insults and attempts to discredit my work.
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!
I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR THIS!

08/09/2025

A video has been shared recently on community pages regarding serious allegations involving a child being sexually assaulted at a local middle school. The video also accuses a teacher of not reporting the assault.
This video was shared into a community platform without any investigation or inquiry. This is very dangerous. It causes a situation in which individuals can be specifically targeted without accurate information.

Due to confidentiality information is limited, but what I can tell you is: the teacher did alert the BOE and the state police became involved within 24hrs. CPS is also involved and a Title IV investigation is being done.

A reminder: gossip isn't news. Spreading misinformation makes accurate information less reliable. Get the facts before you post.