FUNDS REQUESTED — Capt. Kyler Ferguson of the Brooke County Sheriff's Department requested a portion of funds awarded to Brooke County from a series of statewide opioid settlements be used to purchase law enforcement equipment. -- Warren Scott

WELLSBURG — At Friday’s Brooke County Commission meeting, the Brooke County Sheriff’s Department requested a portion of funds awarded to the county from a series of statewide lawsuits against the makers and sellers of pharmaceutical opioids to purchase law enforcement equipment.

The commission said it received $1,130,329 between December 2023 and September of this year through three disbursements from settlements reached by the state Attorney General’s Office from the lawsuits.

The West Virginia Legislature established the West Virginia First Foun

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