2 men sentenced for roles in multistate drug operation
By The Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - Two men have been sentenced for their roles in a multistate drug trafficking operation.Juwan Robert Woods, 32, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to seven years...
View ArticleArea residents plead guilty to federal drug charges
By Staff reports A Putnam County man pleaded guilty Monday in Charleston to five federal drug charges.Christian Garrett Thornton, 29, of Bancroft, admitted to distributing oxymorphone pills, according...
View ArticleRoane and Calhoun counties to get adult drug court
By Kate White Adult drug courts are expanding quickly in West Virginia with one for Roane and Calhoun counties set to be unveiled Tuesday. The announcement of the new court brings the state closer to...
View ArticleMan reportedly shot in Charleston
By Staff reports A man was driving on the East End around Dixie and Thompson streets Monday evening when his vehicle was struck by gunfire and he was shot in the right foot, police say. Charleston...
View ArticleFormer Ritchie County teacher found not guilty of sexual abuse
By Erin Beck A former Ritchie County High School teacher was found not guilty in a sexual abuse trial last week.David Peter Weekley had been indicted by a grand jury on five counts in June, including...
View ArticleMan allegedly sexually abused two girls in Cabell County
Suspect accused of abusing young girlsA Summers County man sexually abused a 9-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl who were walking near Barboursville Elementary School in Cabell County on Wednesday,...
View ArticleBody of missing Ohio man found in W.Va
HARRISVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia State Police say the body of a missing Ohio man has been found in Ritchie County.State police 1st Sgt. B.S. Snodgrass says investigators believe 68-year-old Lee...
View ArticleAuthorities rule fire at former Fort Gay school as arson
FORT GAY, W.Va. (AP) - The State Fire Marshal's Office has ruled a fire that damaged a former school in Fort Gay as arson.The Fort Gay Fire Department tells multiple media outlets that the fire...
View ArticleTruck hauling sugar catches fire on W.Va. Turnpike
By Staff reports Emergency officials responded to a truck on the W.Va. Turnpike that caught fire early Tuesday morning in the southbound lanes near mile marker 70. The truck, which was hauling sugar,...
View ArticleWelch police begin carrying body cameras
WELCH, W.Va. (AP) - Welch police officers have begun carrying body cameras to record all contact with the public.The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports that Police Chief Eugene Muncy announced that the...
View ArticleRobbery suspect shot, killed by police in Bluefield
By Staff, wire reports BLUEFIELD, W.Va. -- A Bluefield man was killed after he and police officers exchanged shots with each other on Tuesday morning.Bluefield Police Chief Dennis Dillow told the...
View ArticlePa. man sentenced to life with no mercy in W.Va. slaying
WELLSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man convicted of killing a West Virginia man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole.WTOV-TV reports that Rocco Zuccaro of Burgettstown,...
View ArticleCharleston man sentenced for dealing heroin, meth
By Staff reports A Charleston man pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston to possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of methamphetamine, according to a news release from the U.S....
View ArticleCharleston man embezzled from Fairness West Virginia, police say
Police are looking for a Charleston man accused of forging more than $6,000 in checks from Fairness West Virginia. Travis Crum, 27, of Kanawha Avenue is wanted on a single count of embezzlement, a...
View ArticleIndicted ex-WVDOH official commits suicide, police say
By Eric Eyre Just hours after he was indicted on federal racketeering charges Tuesday, a former West Virginia Division of Highways official apparently committed suicide near Bridgeport in Harrison...
View ArticleState Police win cruiser contest
The West Virginia State Police has won the 2015 Best Looking Cruiser Contest, sponsored by the American Association of State Troopers. Supporters could vote for the State Police by clicking "like" on...
View ArticleCoal company, UMW settle suit over use of non-union workers
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A Murray Energy subsidiary and the United Mine Workers of America have settled a lawsuit over the company's use of non-union workers to perform work on seals at an underground...
View ArticleLongtime Jefferson judge won't seek re-election in 2016
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Longtime Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge David H. Sanders says he won't seek re-election in 2016.Multiple media outlets report that Sanders announced on Tuesday he will...
View ArticlePolice chief: Robber's gun disabled by 'the grace of God'
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - Bluefield Police Chief Dennis Dillow says he disabled a banker robber's rifle during a gunfight by "the grace of God."Dillow tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the first...
View ArticleNearly 300 sue CSX over Fayette County derailment
By Kate White A lawsuit filed against CSX claims about 300 Fayette County residents were exposed to harmful chemicals after a train carrying crude oil derailed, caught fire and exploded between Mount...
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