Same sex couple suing Gilmer clerk's office
By Staff reports The same sex couple who received condemnation from a deputy clerk while obtaining a marriage license at the Gilmer County Clerk's Office last year filed a lawsuit Monday. The lawsuit...
View ArticleFormer president of youth football league arrested for alleged embezzlement
By Giuseppe Sabella The search for Harold Tolbert ended Saturday morning after he turned himself in at the Fayette County Sheriff's Office to face charges of embezzlement and computer fraud. Tolbert,...
View ArticleAuthorities release name of woman killed in Oak Hill home invasion
By Giuseppe Sabella Janet Garrett, 48, died early Sunday morning after a masked man forced his way into a home in the Oak Hill area and shot her in the chest during an apparent home invasion. The man,...
View ArticleOhio man behind Huntington's mass ODs gets 18 years
By Kate White HUNTINGTON - The man who distributed a batch of heroin in Huntington that caused more than 20 overdoses in a few hours is lucky no one died, a federal judge said Monday before sentencing...
View ArticleKanawha man admits mail theft, faces prison
By Staff reports A Kanawha County man admitted in federal court Monday that he stole a box of checks and other mail from the Elkview area. Jason Lee Spradling, 34, of Pinch, faces up to five years in...
View ArticleOak Hill man arrested in connection with Easter Sunday homicide
By Giuseppe Sabella FAYETTEVILLE - A 19-year-old man charged in connection with the shooting death of an Oak Hill woman on Easter Sunday said the victim was "like a second mother" after his...
View ArticleMan's death at South Central Regional Jail ruled suicide
By Kate White An initial investigation into the death of an inmate at the South Central Regional Jail last week indicates the man died by suicide, a spokesman for the West Virginia Department of...
View ArticleKanawha assistant prosecutor to help with Logan assault case
By Kate White An assistant Kanawha County prosecutor was appointed Tuesday to assist in the prosecution of a Logan County man accused of beating then-state Senate candidate Richard Ojeda last year....
View ArticleCharleston police searching for suspects after shots fired on West Side
By Giuseppe Sabella Charleston police were searching for at least one suspect Wednesday afternoon after at least 33 shots were fired near the intersection of Main Street and Park Avenue on the city's...
View ArticleLast defendants in Calif. to WV meth conspiracy sentenced
By Kate White Three defendants were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in a methamphetamine conspiracy stretching from California to West Virginia. Miguel Alejandro Robles-Ibarra, 31, a Mexican...
View ArticleMan shot by police in WV identified
FRANKLIN, W.Va. (AP) - A Virginia sheriff has identified a man fatally shot by law enforcement after a chase that ended in West Virginia. Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson told news outlets...
View ArticleOfficials: Huntington fire retirees have been overpaid
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington audit has uncovered the city's fire pension board failed to properly calculate retirees' pensions, resulting in overpayments for over 25 years. City Manager Cathy...
View ArticleSuspected pipe bomb found during suicide investigation in Pinch
By Staff reports Kanawha deputies are investigating after a possible pipe bomb was found during a death investigation in Pinch. Deputies were searching a home near Hafer Funeral Home in Pinch Thursday...
View ArticleCharleston city employee charged with stalking teen
A Charleston man was arrested Thursday and charged with stalking and harassment after allegedly making what police described as sexual comments toward a 13-year-old girl on the city's West Side....
View ArticleOhio high school students injured after crash near Wheeling
By Staff report A bus carrying football players from an Ohio high school wrecked near Wheeling Thursday afternoon. About 16 football players from Buckeye Local High School in Rayland, Ohio, were taken...
View ArticleWV Supreme Court sides with Frontier in internet speed dispute
By Eric Eyre Frontier Communications customers dissatisfied with their internet speeds and service won't get their day in court. The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Frontier customers...
View ArticleEx-Mountain State Justice employee sentenced for embezzlement
By Kate White A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former longtime office manager for the nonprofit Mountain State Justice to more than four years in prison and called the circumstances surrounding...
View ArticleFamily of teen killed by WV state trooper gets $700K
By Kate White Lawyers on Thursday disclosed the amount of a settlement agreement approved by a judge earlier this month in a lawsuit filed against the West Virginia State Police by the parents of a...
View ArticleAt least 26 high school students injured in WV bus crash
By The Associated Press WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. - West Virginia State Police say at least 26 high school students and one adult from neighboring Ohio have been injured in a school bus crash. The...
View ArticlePutnam woman charged with murder in heroin overdose
By Giuseppe Sabella The Putnam County Sheriff's Department has arrested a woman for murder in connection with a deadly heroin overdose - something the county's sheriff says he can't ever remember...
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