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Deputies investigate contraband smuggling at prison in Welch

WELCH, W.Va. (AP) - McDowell County sheriff's deputies are investigating contraband smuggling at Stevens Correctional Facility.The sheriff's office tells media outlets that investigators found $12,000...

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Supreme Court sends Tough Mudder lawsuit to Berkeley County

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit filed over a man's death at an endurance event must be tried in the county where he died.The court on Thursday ordered...

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Former Pratt mayor admits to selling pills

By Kate White The former mayor of Pratt, Gary Fields, admitted Thursday in federal court that he sold powerful prescription painkillers to a confidential informant. Fields, 68, pleaded guilty in...

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Three charged with felony murder in Vista View Apartments fall

By Erin Beck Charleston police have charged three men with felony murder and a woman as an accessory after a man died in a fall from a ninth-floor window at Charleston's Vista View Apartments during...

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Drug firms want W.Va. Supreme Court to halt 'pill mill' suit

By Eric Eyre MADISON - Eleven out-of-state drug companies plan to ask the state Supreme Court to put the brakes on a lawsuit that alleges the firms shipped an excessive number of pain pills to West...

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Man shot in leg on Charleston's West Side

By Staff reports A man was shot in the leg early Friday morning on Charleston's West Side, Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers said. Dispatchers said the incident was reported about 3 a.m. outside a...

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Bicyclist struck by vehicle dies of injuries

The bicyclist who was struck along the northbound lanes of U.S. 119, known as Corridor G, by a vehicle early Wednesday morning has died of his injuries, police said late Thursday.The man, identified...

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Man gets maximum sentence for rape on Charleston's East End

By Kate White A Kanawha judge handed down the maximum sentence to a man who sexually assaulted a woman on Charleston's East End in 2011 and had previously been convicted of second-degree rape in North...

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Goodwin hands out law enforcement, victim assistance awards

By Staff reports U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin handed out awards Thursday to law enforcement officers and those involved in assisting victims. Goodwin named the Charleston Police Department the police...

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Drunk driver ends up in Kanawha River after crash

By Staff reports A drunk man crashed his SUV into the Kanawha River in the early morning hours Friday, according to a news release from the Charleston Police Department.Police responded at about 1:20...

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Kanawha, Mingo businesses raided by feds

By Staff reports Related repair and maintenance companies in Kanawha and Mingo counties were raided by federal agents Friday, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin confirmed.Agents descended on Kanawha Electric...

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Fayette County man allegedly killed mother with morphine

By Staff reports A Fayette County man allegedly killed his mother by giving her morphine.Gordon Ray Sutphin II, 45, of Montgomery, is charged with murder, according to a news release from the Fayette...

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Lawyers for Mingo officials want lawsuit dismissed

By Kate White Attorneys for some of the former Mingo County officials being sued by a private investigator say there isn't any evidence against their clients and have asked a judge to dismiss the...

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Crime Report: Sept. 27, 2015

The following Crimes were reported to the Charleston Police Department between Sept. 16 and 24:East District:Washington Street East 1600 block, breaking and entering, Sept. 16, 3:52 a.m.Washington...

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On file: Sept. 27, 2015

MarriagesThe following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between Sept. 18 and 25: Isaac Noyes Smith, 54, and Alison Judge Bibbee, 44, both of Charleston. Matthew Joseph Harman II,...

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Woman struck by car in Kanawha City

A woman is in critical condition at CAMC General after she was struck by a vehicle on the 5300 block of MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City Saturday evening, according to the Charleston Police...

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20-year Charleston officer leaving to pursue drug abuse prevention

By Erin Beck Twenty years ago, it would have been hard to imagine Lt. Chad Napier working in drug abuse prevention."As a young officer, I would have been 'Get out of my way' and 'I'll arrest my way...

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Father of man killed in Marmet apartment sues, says cop was negligent

By Kate White The father of Kareem Hunter is suing the city of Marmet after his son was killed inside a Marmet apartment two years ago. Anthony Hunter, who is administrator of his son's estate, claims...

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Trial to begin for 3 charged in Berkeley County slaying

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Three people are headed to trial on charges stemming from a fatal shooting in Berkeley County.The trial of 36-year-old Tulsa A. Johnson, 19-year-old Vincent S. Smith and...

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Hearing postponed for Putnam murder suspect

  WINFIELD, W.Va. -- A preliminary hearing for Putnam County resident Philip Casto, who allegedly killed a Hurricane woman on Sept. 10, was postponed Monday in Putnam Circuit Court. Casto, 33, of...

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