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Davis Versprille is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

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stated on April 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"When you pull up to the gas pump to fill up your car, get your cell phone and search for Bluetooth devices. If a sequence of letters and numbers show up don’t pay at the pump. One of the pumps has a credit card skimmer inside of it. All of these skimmers run on bluetooth."

By Cade Moisey • May 17, 2019
Joe Manchin
stated on October 3, 2018 in a tweet:

West Virginia "has the highest overdose rate per capita of any state in our nation."

By Davis Versprille • November 1, 2018
E. Gordon Gee
stated on February 12, 2018 in a letter to the university community:

West Virginia University’s incoming freshman class has the "highest-ever GPA"

By Zack Schwehm • September 28, 2018

Is there a homeless problem in Facebook's back yard, as Richard Ojeda said?

By Al Bernardi • February 20, 2019
Fact-checking Jim Justice's state of the state address

By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2019
PolitiFact West Virginia's state of the state 2019

By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2019
Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Huntington, W.Va.

By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2018