$140,000 worth of marijuana seized in Boone County
By Staff reports State Police say they seized $140,000 worth of marijuana plants from a Boone County home on Monday.Derek Adam Odell, 30, of Arvel Lane in Peytona, was charged with cultivation of...
View ArticleAlpha, West Virginia resolve mine reclamation bond dispute
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Coal operator Alpha Natural Resources and West Virginia regulators have agreed on a deal resolving a dispute over the company's mine reclamation bonds.Bristol, Virginia-based...
View ArticleLaw firm sues billionaire's company over $410k in legal fees
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A law firm is suing a company owned by billionaire Jim Justice over $410,000 in legal fees that it says were never paid.In U.S. District Court in eastern Louisiana, Phelps...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 12 years in violent Charleston robbery
By Kate White Charleston attorney and doctor, Richard Lindsay, described to a judge Tuesday what he remembered thinking while being beaten and robbed last year outside his office on Virginia...
View ArticleTime limit sought for proposed delay in rape case ruling
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Clarksburg man says the West Virginia Supreme Court should not indefinitely delay its ruling allowing him to withdraw guilty pleas in a 2001 rape case.The state attorney...
View ArticleFormer fire chief pleads guilty to embezzlement charge
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - A former fire chief has pleaded guilty to embezzling money from the Rivesville Volunteer Fire Department.The Times West Virginian reports 31-year-old Justin Stover pleaded...
View ArticleWV judge orders jail video of flash-bang grenade use be made public
By Kate White A Kanawha County judge has ruled that West Virginia jail officials must make public a video depicting a correctional officer throwing flash-bang grenades inside an inmate's cell. Circuit...
View ArticleArmed robbery reported at Hurricane CVS
An armed robbery was reported Tuesday at a CVS Pharmacy in Hurricane.At about 9 p.m., a man brandished a firearm and demanded money at the pharmacy, located at 3901 Teays Valley Road, according to a...
View ArticleTrial set for man charged with murder in overdose death
A Charleston man who allegedly provided a woman with the heroin that killed her is expected to stand trial on a murder charge next year, a judge said Thursday. Kanawha Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey...
View ArticleJudge grants woman early release after addiction victory
By Kate White Susan Nicole Adkins wiped her eyes with a tissue and looked down at her feet. "I wasn't expecting this. I just got that thing off my ankle," she said Thursday, standing near the front of...
View ArticleBreak-in reported at video parlor
By Staff reports A break-in was reported this morning at Joli's Video Parlor in Cross Lanes, police say.Kanawha Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Humphreys said the break-in happened at about 5 a.m. He said he...
View ArticleMan given sentence of to 45 years for child sex crimes
ECCLES - An Eccles man convicted of sexually abusing at least five young boys has been sentenced to up to 45 years behind bars.The Register-Herald reports 48-year-old James Edward Patton pleaded...
View ArticleMarion County prosecutor appointed circuit judge
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has filled a circuit judge vacancy in Marion County.Tomblin on Friday announced the appointment of Marion County Prosecutor Patrick N. Wilson in the 16th...
View ArticleQuilts to bring comfort to children at crime scenes
By Erin Beck As a former assistant prosecuting attorney currently in private practice, Vickie Hylton often hears from child protective services workers who describe children being carried from crime...
View ArticleCrime Report: Dec. 13, 2015
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Dec. 4 and 10:East District:Quarrier Street 1100 block, petit larceny, Dec. 4, 8 a.m.Lee Street East 200 block, petit...
View ArticleOn file: Dec. 13, 2015
MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Dec. 4 and 11:Roy Deangelo Sharpless, 49, and Erica Leigh Gunnoe, 35, both of Charleston.Matthew Allen Townsend,...
View ArticleTeenager shot on Charleston's West Side
Charleston police are asking for help locating a man believed to have shot another man on the city's West Side Sunday afternoon. Police said J'Shaad Jones, 18, shot Malik Hawke, also 18, twice in the...
View ArticleSissonville man ID'd as victim in fatal wreck Sunday
The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department on Monday identified the man who died in a car crash in Sissonville on Sunday morning. Chase Burford, 18, of Sissonville, was driving a Jeep Wrangler that went...
View ArticlePhiladelphia man pleads guilty to role in drug ring
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to participating in a ring that sold heroin and prescription drugs in West Virginia.Raheem Cuffee faces up to 40 years in prison and a...
View ArticleWetzel County car dealer pleads guilty to financial fraud
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A New Martinsville car dealer faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to federal financial fraud charges.Clarence Joseph Jackson pleaded guilty on Friday to...
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