Parole board seeks report on Lavigne for possible release from prison
By Lacie Pierson Members of the West Virginia Parole Board deferred their decision of whether a Hurricane man convicted of raping his 5-year-old daughter in 1996 will be released from prison. Joseph...
View ArticleTeen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting
By Lacie Pierson Eighteen-year-old Robert Ruffin only spoke to answer questions from Kanawha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey as he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday afternoon....
View ArticlePolice footage reviewed after death of domestic violence suspect
By Giuseppe Sabella In two videos reviewed by the Gazette-Mail on Monday, police and paramedics are seen trying to revive a man who suddenly died during his arrest on Sept. 12. The police chief and...
View ArticleEx-Marshall athlete gets 6 months in jail for attack on kissing men
By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former Marshall University football player was sentenced Monday to six months in jail in an attack on two men he saw kissing. Steward Butler was...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 5-25 years in death of infant son
By The Associated Press GRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia man has been sentenced to five to 25 years in prison in the death of his infant son. Media report a judge sentenced Jeremy Shaffer, who...
View ArticleMan allegedly cuts father in Rand over argument about a sandwich
By Staff reports A man in Rand allegedly cut his father for taking too long to make a sandwich on Monday. Mark Anthony Stevens, 37, became angry as the father made a sandwich for his wife at their...
View ArticlePolice seek car driven by woman found dead in Kanawha River
By Staff reports Charleston police are searching for the car driven by a Cross Lanes woman last week shortly before her body was found in the Kanawha River. Anna Ranson, 32, was driving a black 2014...
View ArticleJudge rules guns prohibited in some Charleston community centers
By Lacie Pierson A Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge ruled last week that some municipal recreation centers are, for legal purposes, school facilities, and firearms can't be carried there. Judge...
View ArticleMingo woman charged with murder after overdose death
By Giuseppe Sabella A Mingo County woman was charged with murder on Monday after she allegedly supplied the pill that led to a woman's fatal overdose last month. Kristy Danielle Finley, 32, gave the...
View ArticleSpecial prosecutor named in case against ex-Kanawha magistrate
By Lacie Pierson A special prosecutor has been appointed in the case of a former Kanawha County magistrate accused of embezzlement. aleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Kristen Keller was appointed...
View ArticleKanawha man's murder case sent to grand jury
By Giuseppe Sabella A man accused of killing his wife and trying to make her death look like a suicide will have his case sent to a grand jury. Kanawha County Magistrate Rusty Casto found probable...
View ArticleElkview man accused in fatal crash among Kanawha indictments
By Lacie Pierson An Elkview man who allegedly caused a fatal car crash while under the influence of drugs was among 67 people indicted by a Kanawha County last week. Kevin Layne Statts, 55, was...
View ArticleEx-Huntington officer settles wrongful death lawsuit
By From staff, wire reports HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A lawsuit alleging that a former Huntington police officer used excessive force that led to a 66-year-old woman's death has been settled for an...
View ArticleC8 lawyer given 'Alternative Nobel Prize'
By Ken Ward Jr. A lawyer who has spent years fighting DuPont Co. over the company's toxic C8 pollution has been named among those to receive this year's Right Livelihood Award, an international honor...
View ArticlePolice locate vehicle of woman found dead in river last week
By Staff reports Charleston police have located the vehicle of a woman who was found dead in the Kanawha River last week. Investigators were searching for the black Ford Focus that last was driven by...
View ArticleWV American settles with insurance company in water crisis case
By Ken Ward Jr. West Virginia American Water Co. has reached a deal with one of its insurance carriers, a move that provides the water company an additional $22 million to cover the payments it has...
View ArticleMan accused of breaking into plane at Yeager not competent for trial
By Lacie Pierson A Charleston man who allegedly broke into an airplane at Yeager Airport "just to see" how it felt isn't competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Daylen Wayne Brightwell, 21,...
View ArticleJudge rules Charleston police not liable in excessive force suit
By Lacie Pierson The Charleston Police Department has been dropped as a defendant in a lawsuit claiming two undercover officers used excessive force against a teen and his toddler cousin after they...
View ArticleInstructor steals federal body armor in West Virginia case
By The Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A 30-year-old Virginia man has admitted to stealing government property as a contractor at a federal facility in West Virginia. Federal prosecutors say...
View ArticleWest Virginia woman charged with murder in overdose death
By The Associated Press WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - Police say a West Virginia woman has been charged with murder in a drug overdose death. Media outlets report State Police arrested 32-year-old Kristy...
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