Detroit man sentenced after admitting plan to sell pills
By Staff reports A Detroit man was sentenced Monday to six months in prison, followed by six months of home confinement for a federal drug charge, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Booth...
View ArticleHuntington man sentenced on drug charge
By Staff reports A Huntington man who assisted in the distribution of prescription pills on multiple occasions in July 2014 was given five years of probation, according to a news release from U.S....
View ArticleDetroit man receives prison sentence for role in heroin distribution
By Staff reports A Detroit man who assisted in the distribution of heroin in Huntington in 2013 and 2014 was sentenced Monday to four years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin...
View ArticleHuntington woman sentenced for intent to distribute heroin
By Staff reports A Huntington woman has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin.In December of 2014, a undercover member of the Drug Enforcement...
View ArticleMartinsburg woman sentenced in connection with drug death
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Martinsburg woman will spend at least two years behind bars after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a fatal heroin overdose.Multiple media outlets report that...
View ArticleHarrison official charged with fraudulently obtaining money
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Harrison County commissioner faces charges of fraudulently obtaining money.Multiple media outlets report that a grand jury indicted Commissioner Bernie Fazzini on four...
View ArticleSuspect in teacher's slaying dies; investigation continues
MOOREFIELD, W.Va. (AP) - Moorefield police are continuing to investigate the slaying of a teacher following the death of the suspect.Police Chief Steven Reckart tells multiple media outlets that...
View ArticleTruck with oversized load snarls construction zone traffic
By Staff reports A truck carrying an oversized load found itself stuck Tuesday morning in the contraflow lane of Interstate 64 westbound just after the Fort Hill bridge in Charleston.The truck was...
View ArticleCoal operator sues union, alleges breach of contract
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Two Murray Energy subsidiaries have filed a lawsuit against the United Mine Workers of America alleging breach of contract.The lawsuit says union workers have refused to...
View ArticleDomestic violence survivor advocates for victims of trauma
By Erin Beck William Kellibrew IV begged for his life when at the age of 10, his mother's ex-boyfriend squatted next to him and put a gun to his head."Please don't kill me," he pleaded. "I'll do...
View ArticleBicyclist critical after being struck on US 119
A bicyclist was struck along the northbound lanes of U.S. 119, known as Corridor G, early Wednesday morning.The man, identified as 30-year-old John Jump, of Nitro, was hit at approximately 5 a.m.,...
View ArticleWoman who admitted to stealing from nonprofit gets probation
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A Glen Dale woman who admitted to taking money from a nonprofit will spend two years on probation.Thirty-seven-year-old Richelle D. Blair was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S....
View ArticleOfficer suspended after video shows her berating man
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Parkersburg Police Chief Joe Martin says an officer has been suspended after a video showing her berating a man circulated online.Multiple media outlets report that Martin...
View ArticleMan dies after fall from ninth-floor window; police suspect homicide
By Kate White Police are investigating the death of a Detroit man who fell from a ninth-floor window at Charleston's Vista View Apartments as a homicide.Charleston Police Lt. Steve Cooper said during...
View ArticleFormer Fayette County teacher sentenced for exploitative photos of student
By Erin Beck A former Fayette County teacher was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston after receiving exploitative images of a student on his cellphone.Joshua Mark Taylor, 32, of...
View ArticlePolice: Alcohol, heroin caused deaths of 3 men in Montcalm
MONTCALM, W.Va. (AP) - Police say a combination of alcohol and heroin caused the deaths of three men whose bodies were found in a Montcalm home.Mercer County sheriff's Detective Sgt. L.B. Murphy tells...
View ArticlePolice continue to investigate girl's disappearance in 2011
WESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Four years after her disappearance, police continue to seek answers to what happened to Aliayah Lunsford.The child was 3 years old when she was reported missing from her home in...
View ArticleParkersburg man dies in apartment fire
By Staff reports A Parkersburg man died in a fire early Wednesday morning, the Parkersburg Fire Department said.The call came in around 3:45 a.m., Captain Tim Flinn with the fire department said.A...
View Article'Sovereign citizen' arrested after threats to take over W.Va. Capitol
By David Gutman A self-proclaimed "sovereign citizen" from Wood County has been arrested and charged with threatening to commit a terrorist act after he advocated a violent takeover of the West...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to selling drugs near W.Va. State dorms
A Detroit man living on the campus of West Virginia State University in Institute pleaded guilty Thursday to selling drugs near his dorm in 2013.Kendrick Leon Ward, 24, pleaded guilty in federal court...
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