I attended my niece, Maria Murphy’s, graduation from 8th grade at St. Michael’s Parish School on Wednesday, May 28th. There were 33 graduates. When St. Michael’s graduates receive their diploma, they choose an alumni of St. Michael’s, usually a family member or friend, pin them with an Alumni pin. Since her brother, Vincent Murphy, graduated […]

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Jamie Bordas and Chris Regan return after a brief hiatus with a brand-new episode of the Bordas & Bordas Legal Review. This week’s edition covers the legal aspects of the NBA’s promise to force Donald Sterling to sell the LA Clippers as well as another lawsuit filed against the NFL by its players. This latest […]

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Last month, thanks to the courageous leadership of several state legislators, the West Virginia legislature passed a budget that included $200,000.00 in additional funding for the creation/operation of child advocacy centers (CACs) throughout West Virginia. For those who are unfamiliar, CACs provide support, therapy and protection for victims of child abuse in our state. Here […]

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Our local Catholic grade schools are fortunate to have such a kind and caring individual to serve as their nurse. The children of our local Catholic grade schools are the true beneficiaries of precious gold. She’s known as Nurse Miss Mary Ann and you can find her stationed at St. Vincent’s School. She also travels to […]

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I am now a full-fledged, bona fide empty nester. But, in truth, there has been a lot of coming and going in my “nest” through the years. My daughter, Jayme, was the first to leave, heading off to WVU in 2004. She hated how big and impersonal WVU was and ended up returning to Wheeling six […]

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Our freedoms aren’t free. The men and women of our armed forces who defend us make many sacrifices so you and I can go on about our daily lives without a second thought. Our military members are apart from family for great lengths of time. They miss births, deaths and milestones in the lives of […]

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Debt collection practices continue to come to our attention. Many of our clients have experienced harassing phone calls, demands for payments not truly owed, illegal threats of bogus consequences for failing to pay, up to and including imprisonment, or lawsuits to collect stale debts that are barred by the applicable statute of limitations. These abuses are […]

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Last month, a truck carrying a large load crashed into the I-70 overpass bending one of the major support beams at the Dallas Pike exit. The same day a runaway dump truck crashed into a garage after destroying several residential fences in Moundsville. Last Saturday, one of Moundsville City Councilmen, Phil Remke, had to use his […]

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During the summer of 1941 the attack on Pearl Harbor was still several months away. While Americans from all over the Country threw themselves into the war effort after December 7, 1941, many American men had already joined the military before that attack. My grandfather, Marvin “Jack” McGraw enlisted in the U.S. Army July 12, 1941. […]

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Despite the comprehensive laws and regulations that are supposed to protect residents of our nursing homes, too many times things go wrong. There is a financial incentive for nursing homes and the companies that run them to cut corners by hiring too few staff members and underpaying that staff members who do work there. For […]

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