Ex-Beckley prison employee sentenced for witness tampering
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Former prison employee Scotty Rose has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for witness tampering.Acting U.S. Attorney Carol Casto says in a news release that Rose was...
View ArticleCrime Report: Jan. 24, 2016
The following crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Jan. 14 and 20:East District:Quarrier Street 200 block, shoplifting, Jan. 15, 3:30 p.m.Washington Street East 1600 block,...
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MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Jan. 14 and 21:Jack Tri Nguyen, 34, and Giau Thi Ngoc Nguyen, 23, both of St. Albans.Mark Cameron Mullins, 26, and...
View ArticleMorrisey will not appeal Buffey case
By David Gutman State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey will not file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of a Clarksburg man who has been in prison for 14 years because prosecutors...
View ArticleDeputies searching for car-jacking suspect
By Staff reports A man car-jacked two vehicles in Kanawha County on Sunday, deputies say. The man stole a car in Putnam County, then drove into Kanawha County in the stolen vehicle and car-jacked a...
View ArticleCulloden man sentenced for selling heroin
By Staff reports A Culloden man who was sentenced Monday to spend more than three years in federal prison for selling heroin is the latest to be prosecuted as part of a family who sold drugs.Sanford...
View ArticleFreedom's Reynolds wants to avoid jail
By Ken Ward Jr. A former Freedom Industries official on Monday urged a federal judge not to send him to jail for his role in the January 2014 chemical spill that contaminated the drinking water supply...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules against power suppliers
By Andrew Brown The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a group of power companies and several Republican attorneys general, including West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, in a case that...
View ArticleCross Lanes man arrested for carjackings
Police have arrested a Cross Lanes man they say carjacked two vehicles in Kanawha County on Sunday.David A. Young, of Cross Lanes, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, according to a post on the Kanawha...
View ArticleMercer County man wanted for sexual assault captured in Louisiana
By Staff reports A Princeton man wanted on 126 counts related to sexual assault or abuse was arrested Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Clifford Robinson, 40, was indicted on June 9 in Mercer...
View ArticleAG's office announces mobile office visits
A consumer representative from Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office will conduct mobile office hours throughout Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam and Wayne counties next month. Andrea Lannom, a consumer...
View ArticleSt. Albans man rejects plea deal in murder case
By Daniel Desrochers After spending a day discussing a plea deal that would send her son to prison for murder, Star Hogan woke up at 5 a.m. and typed.Then, she says, she walked through the snowy...
View ArticleInsurer for Keystone church destroyed in slide to sue airport
By Staff reports The insurance company for the church destroyed in the Yeager Airport landslide has given formal notice that it will sue the airport and others over the damage. Brotherhood Mutual...
View ArticleVictim of carjacking tracked suspect with cellphone, police say
By Staff reports Police say they were able to track the Cross Lanes man who allegedly carjacked two vehicles on Sunday because a victim used the "find my phone" feature on a cellphone left in one of...
View ArticleDavis chastises fellow justices in Daniel Hall dissent
By David Gutman When a majority of the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a Republican should fill a vacant state Senate seat, their interpretation of state law was unconstitutional, Justice Robin...
View ArticleFormer Capital principal Giles files lawsuit against Board of Education
By Kate White Clinton Giles claims in a lawsuit filed this week that the Kanawha County Board of Education and, specifically, board member Pete Thaw, made it impossible for him to return to work as...
View ArticleFires set in Morgantown hit 14-year low
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The city of Morgantown last year saw its lowest number of malicious fires since 2001.City Manager Jeff Mikorski says 67 fires were set in trash bins and in the street in 2015,...
View ArticleNew police communication policy aims to tackle drug problems
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Huntington city council members want to open new lines of communication for police in an attempt to tackle the city's drug problem. WCHS-TV reports council members are working...
View ArticleWoman shoots husband in Davis Creek, calls 911, police say
A woman in the Davis Creek area of Kanawha County shot her husband on Thursday morning and then called 911 to report it, deputies said.Deputies detained the woman, and the man was taken from the area...
View ArticleMan who allegedly revealed informant's name indicted
Kanawha County grand jurors have found probable cause to indict a Charleston man on a charge of retaliation after he allegedly posted the name of a confidential police informant on social media. Andre...
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